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Introduction

CA ARCserve Backup is a comprehensive storage solution for applications, databases, distributed servers, and file systems. It provides backup and restore capabilities for databases, business-critical applications, and network clients.

Among the agents CA ARCserve Backup offers is the CA ARCserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines. The agent lets you protect virtual machines (VMs) running the following systems:

• VMware ESX/ESXi Server and VMware vCenter Server--VMware provides you with mechanisms called VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) that integrate with VMware ESX/ESXi Server and VMware vCenter Server. VCB and VDDK let you protect Virtual Machine (VM) files and data. Using VCB or VDDK you can offload VM backup activity to a dedicated backup proxy system, and then use the backup and restore functionalities provided by CA ARCserve Backup to protect the VMs.
• VMware vSphere--VMware vSphere is a virtualization toolkit that lets you integrate the latest versions of VMware vCenter Server, VMware VCB, and VMware VDDK with CA ARCserve Backup.
• Microsoft Hyper-V--Microsoft Hyper-V is a component that is included with Windows Server 2008 operating systems. Hyper-V is hypervisor-based technology that lets you run multiple operating systems independently within the Windows Server 2008 system. CA ARCserve Backup lets you back up and restore data contained within the guest operating systems and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.