Data Protection is VMware’s backup solution based on EMC Avamar and designed and typically offered in bundle with vSphere.
This solution is also available in vCloud Hybrid Service, VMware’s owned and operated public Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform, and in this video you will find a technical overview of its features including:
- Backup scheduling
- Defined Retention Period
- Self-service vApp registration
- Ad-hoc backups
- In-place restores
- Out-of-place restores
- Full backup and restore activity reporting
- At-a-glance admin dashboard view
- Data at rest encryption
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Thanks to Eric Sloof for signaling.