Host-based backup of VMware vSphere VMs.
Post Reply
McKITGuys
Enthusiast
Posts: 54
Liked: 2 times
Joined: Jun 12, 2015 3:34 pm
Full Name: McK Admins
Contact:

Question re vmware encryption

Post by McKITGuys »

Hi all,

Thinking of upgrading our VMware license to one that supports vm encryption (not sure which version supports that as still waiting on sales tech support to confirm but that is another story).

Any problems with using Veeam with encrypted vm's? I assume the only change would be that they would have to start over with a full backup since the entire vm image would change once encrypted.

Thanks.
Gostev
Chief Product Officer
Posts: 31428
Liked: 6633 times
Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
Location: Baar, Switzerland
Contact:

Re: Question re vmware encryption

Post by Gostev »

Hello, that is correct. One other consideration is that only VDDK-based transport modes are supported. So no backups from storage snapshots, or Direct NFS. Thanks!
Andreas Neufert
VP, Product Management
Posts: 6699
Liked: 1400 times
Joined: May 04, 2011 8:36 am
Full Name: Andreas Neufert
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: Question re vmware encryption

Post by Andreas Neufert » 1 person likes this post

We have a good articel about it in our documentation
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... l?ver=95u4
McKITGuys
Enthusiast
Posts: 54
Liked: 2 times
Joined: Jun 12, 2015 3:34 pm
Full Name: McK Admins
Contact:

Re: Question re vmware encryption

Post by McKITGuys »

Thanks all!

Albert
oli4
Enthusiast
Posts: 63
Liked: 3 times
Joined: Aug 14, 2012 11:34 am
Contact:

Re: Question re vmware encryption

Post by oli4 »

Hello

Why is with encryption no storage backup supported? Is this a technical limit?


Regards
oli4
foggy
Veeam Software
Posts: 21069
Liked: 2115 times
Joined: Jul 11, 2011 10:22 am
Full Name: Alexander Fogelson
Contact:

Re: Question re vmware encryption

Post by foggy »

Yes, as mentioned above - only VDDK-based modes are able to retrieve unencrypted content from vSphere.
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 24 guests