- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About this Guide
- Overview
- Installing Replay Manager Components
- Licensing for Replay Manager
- Install Replay Manager Service for Windows
- Installing Replay Manager Service for VMware
- Install Replay Manager Management Tools
- Install Replay Manager Service for Windows on Windows Server Core
- Installing and Configuring the Verification Service for Exchange
- Using Replay Manager Service on Clustered Servers
- Configure an HTTP Proxy Service
- Getting Started
- Backing Up and Restoring Data
- Using the Replay Manager Explorer
- Understanding Backup Types
- Summary of Backup Set Actions
- Summary of Backup Set Options
- Creating and Running Backups
- Managing Existing Backup Sets
- Managing Restore Points and Restoring Data
- Restoring Data
- Display Restore Points for a Component
- Restore Data to its Original Location
- Restore SQL Server Components without Recovering the Database
- Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on a Volume
- Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on an SMB File Share
- Expose a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)
- Expose a Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)
- Expose a Restore Point Stored on an SMB File Share
- Resync a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)
- Make an Exposed Restore Point Writable (Windows Extensions Only)
- Remove an Exposed Restore Point from Management (VMware Extensions Only)
- Unexpose an Exposed Restore Point
- Add a Note to a Restore Point
- Edit a Note for a Restore Point
- Unimport a Restore Point
- Delete a Restore Point
- Prevent a Restore Point from Expiring (Force Keep)
- Allow a Restore Point to be Automatically Expired (Allow Auto-Deletion)
- Transport a Restore Point
- Advanced Recovery Scenarios for SQL Server
- Locating Replays on a Storage Center
- Working with Backup Set Jobs
- Viewing Backup Job Reports
- Replay Manager Best Practices
- Replay Manager Cmdlets
- Troubleshooting
Replay Manager Version 7.7 Administrator’s Guide
VMware Backup Types
During backups of VMware datastores and virtual machines, Replay Manager Service for VMware takes a temporary VMware snapshot.
Backup set options specific to VMware include the following:
- If the Include virtual machine memory in vSphere snapshot option is selected in the backup set definition, the backup includes the internal state of the virtual machine.
- If the Create Storage center Replay of Physical RDMs option in selected in the backup set definition, the backup includes the physical mode raw device mappings (pRDMs).
NOTE:Since vSphere cannot create a VMware snapshot of physical RDMs, the physical RDM Replays are unlikely to be consistent with the Replay containing the .vmdk file for the same virtual machine.
NOTE:Windows guest virtual machines that store data for VSS aware applications (like SQL Server or Exchange) on physical RDMs, or iSCSI volumes mapped directly to the guest, may fail to create snapshots when using the VMware Virtual Machines backup extension. This is a known issue with Windows VSS snapshot integration and VMware snapshot creation. If a failure occurs, use the vSphere Client to change the value of the disk.EnableUUID parameter to FALSE.
NOTE:Including virtual machine memory can significantly increase the time it required to create a snapshot and may cause the backup creation to take longer than expected.
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