Executive Brief on VMware Backup and Recovery: Challenges and Solutions

This whitepaper discusses the challenges of a traditional backup and recovery system and provides the solutions to these challenges. Since this is an executive-level decision, this whitepaper’s focus is on the executive that must make that decision. Virtualization promises to enhance data protection and disaster recovery, but a recent survey of 5,000 CIOs show that many organizations have a long way to go. Find out what you’re missing by using traditional backup methods in your virtualized environment!

• Cost factors for traditional backup methods
• VMware-specific needs for backup
• New backup technologies that address these needs