Virtual server backup is top of the to-do list for many IT departments this year. That is because server and desktop virtualisation is sweeping the datacentre and data protection is a key part of such ...

* Serverless backup or consolidated backup, which offloads backup processing from virtual machines to a separate physical server. * Snapshotting or cloning the virtual machines using software from a ...

One of the tasks I used to neglect in my lab was backing up my vCenter Sever appliance (VCSA). I did so because I always figured the time it took to back it up was greater than the time it would take ...

As more servers are virtualized, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT to back up each virtual server and its data. Protection is needed for the virtual ...

Virtual machine backup can be done using a traditional backup product with agents in each virtual server's file store but can also be carried out via snapshot or by backing up the virtual machine and ...

Acronis isn't exactly a household name. But the company's backup software should win it some fans, especially among organizations trying to move to a virtualized infrastructure. One of the product's ...

Network Appliance Inc. today unveiled software that it said can ease backup and storage management tasks for corporate IT operations running VMware Inc. virtual servers. NetApp’s new SnapManager for ...

Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and ...