APIs used by third-party backup software to capture whole-VM images from snapshots. For encrypted VMs, only hot-add or NBD-SSL transport works.
Also called vSphere Storage APIs - Data Protection.
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Terms in this definition
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
Related terms
- Changed Block Tracking
Lets incremental backups and replication read only what has changed since last time instead of whole disks. With vSphere, Veeam gets this information from VMware CBT via VADP.