* Protecting VMware environments
Nearly every data protection vendor is stepping up with support for virtualized server environments and vendors making recent announcements in this area include EVault, Symantec, EMC and Commvault.
EVault provides managed backup services and was acquired last year by Seagate Technology. The company this week announced EVault VMware Plug-in for customers of its EVault Protect Software-as-a-Service and EVault InfoStage software.
Symantec this week added VMware support to its NetBackup 6.5 software.
EMC announced that Version 3.7 of its EMC Avamar software now supports VMware Consolidated Backup. Avamar’s backup and recovery software features deduplication technology, which eliminates the backing up of redundant data across the network.
Commvault is supporting VMware Server and ESX Server. Commvault’s Galaxy enables the replication of data and applications from physical to virtual servers. Galaxy iDataAgents installed on virtual machines allow data to be backed up from the virtual machine just as if it were a physical server.
According to a compatibility matrix released by VMware, ESX Server implementations can also be backed up by Symantec’s Veritas Backup Exec, Tivoli Storage Manager, Legato Networker, CA BrightStor ARCServe and HP Data Protector.
It seems that when picking backup software for your enterprise, making VMware support a checklist item is recommended, especially if you have virtual machines in your network.
