Resource pools

- [Instructor] In this video, I'll explain the basics…of vSphere Data Protection…and how it can be used to backup virtual machines,…and that's what vSphere Data Protection is.…It's a backup solution specifically designed…for VMware vSphere environments…that you can use to backup your virtual machines.…You manage it completely using the vSphere web client,…so it uses all of the same management tools…that your vSphere environment already leverages.…

You do have to deploy a special virtual machine…called vSphere Data Protection Appliance…and it's an incremental backup solution.…Meaning, once you create a full backup,…only changed blocks are copied with each additional backup.…So, the goal there is to have our,…the amount of work required for each backup job…is minimized because only changed blocks…need to be copied to the backup location.…It provides virtual machine level protection…and file level protection as well.…

And it even includes application aware backups…for SQL, SharePoint, and Exchange…if you install an in-guest agent.…