VMware vSphere – best practices include areas where IT admins can ensure that backups are good, and most importantly, restorable. Let’s take a look at the following
- VMware snapshots are not backups
- Use Image-Level backups
- Use application-aware backups
- Use Changed Block Tracking CBT
- Encrypt VM backups
- Verify VM backups
- Create Offsite backup copies
Let’s take a closer look at each of these one-by-one and see why they are important