102 - VMWare Backup

ISP for Virtual Environments (ISP4VE) is an integrated solution for virtual environment backup based on VMware ESX.

The main advantages/features of ISP4VE are:

• High-performance, block-incremental backup of virtual machines using VMware snapshots and change block tracking

• Backup VM metadata

• Restore both entire virtual machines and individual files of a VM from one and the same backup. Special requirements apply to Linux VMs

• Instant restore of VMs (machines can be started directly from the ISP backup and restored on the fly to the VMware datastore via vMotion)

• Application Level Integration for MSSQL and MS Exchange and Active Directory 

This service is a special service, for which - unlike the standard client - you receive an extra product license from us and the data is stored on - compared to magnetic tapes - relatively expensive, but more performant hard disk systems. 

To use this service, the following steps are usually required:

1. You familiarize yourself with the product documentation
2. You make your concrete requirements clear
3. You register your wish via the LRZ Servicedesk
4. In a personal conversation we clarify how/if we can best meet your requirements with our resources
5. You get the ISP4VE software provided by us
6. You install ISP4VE in your environment
7. We perform the initial configuration of the ISP4VE client together via TeamViewer

Product documentation for ISP4VE:

The manufacturer documentation for the current version of ISP4VE

The hardware and software requirements for the current version of ISP4VE

A very good IBM Redbook about ISP4VE

Some videos about older versions of ISP4VE can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q091vA6qvhI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtcJr8Y0a60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xEJCH5Grec