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VADP与VCB对比及VMWARE常见备份软件列表WhatisvStorageAPIsforDataProtection?vStorageAPIsforDataProtection(VADP)isthenextgenerationofVMware’sdataprotectionframeworkintroducedinvSphere4.0thatenablesbackupproductstodocentralized,efficient,off-hostLANfreebackupofvSpherevirtualmachines.AbackupproductusingVADPcanbackupvSpherevirtualmachinesfromacentralbackupserverorvirtualmachinewithoutrequiringbackupagentsorrequiringbackupprocessingtobedoneinsideeachguestvirtualmachineontheESXhost.ThisoffloadsbackupprocessingfromESXhostsandreducescostsbyallowingeachESXhosttorunmorevirtualmachines.VADPleveragesthesnapshotcapabilitiesofVMwarevStorageVMFStoenablebackupacrossSANwithoutrequiringdowntimeforvirtualmachines.Asaresult,backupscanbeperformednon-disruptivelyatanytimeofthedaywithoutrequiringextendedbackupwindowsandthedowntimetoapplicationsandusersassociatedwithbackupwindows.WhatarethebenefitsofVADP?VADPenablescentralized,off-hostLANfreebackupofvSpherevirtualmachines,reducesESXhostresourcestodobackupprocessing,andenablesflexiblebackupwindows.DoesVADPreplacetheVMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB)framework?Yes.HowdoesVADPcomparewithVCB?UnlikeVCB,whichrequirescustomerstodownloadandinstallaseparatecomponentonVCBproxyserver,VADPisbuilt-inasapartofthebackupproduct.ThefollowingtablesummarizesthekeydifferencesbetweenVADPandVCB.VADPVCBRequiresadditionaldownload&installNo,builtintothedataprotectionsoftwareYesFullvirtualmachineimagebackupYes,singlestepcopy–sourcetotargetYes,withtwostepcopy–sourcetoVCBproxyandVCBproxytothetargetIncrementalvirtualmachineimagebackupYes–usingchangeblocktrackingNoFilelevelbackupYes,bothWindowsandYes,WindowsonlyLinuxFullvirtualmachineimagerestoreYesYes,byusingVMwareConverterIncrementalvirtualmachineimagerestoreYesNoFilelevelrestoreYes,usingrestoreagentsYes,usingrestoreagentsCLIforimagebackupNoYesCLIforfilebackupYesYesWhatVADPbasedbackupsolutionsareavailableinthemarkettoday?SeveralbackupvendorshavereleasedVADP-basedbackupsolutions.TheseincludeVMwareDataRecovery1.x,SymantecNetBackup7.0,SymantecBackupExec2010,CAArcServe12.5,CommVault8.0withpost-SP4update,ArkeiaNetworkBackup-Version8.2,EMCAvamar5.0,EMCNetWorker7.6SP2,IBMTSM6.2,Veeam4.0,andVizionCorevRangerPro4.2.