Comments on: VMware VCB To Be Replaced by VADP. Does That Mean vDR Is The VMware Alternative?

By: What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? – Gestalt IT

What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? – Gestalt IT — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:28:47 +0000

[...] is another, but the these two seem to have been easily confused lately. VADP is enabling access to files on VMFS without VCB, but VAAI has nothing to do with that today. Will it in the future? Maybe if the process of [...]

By: What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? | VM /ETC

What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? | VM /ETC — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:04:19 +0000

[...] access to files on VMFS without VCB, but VAAI has nothing to do with that today. Will it in the future? Maybe if the process of [...]

By: Determining VMware Data Recovery’s Use Case | VM /ETC

Determining VMware Data Recovery’s Use Case | VM /ETC — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:34:17 +0000

[...] the recent news that VMware will be phasing out VMware Consolidated Backup and make the vStorage API for Data Recovery (VADR) the business continuity and full virtual machine [...]

By: VMware Puts VCB Out of SMB’s VMware Backup Misery

VMware Puts VCB Out of SMB’s VMware Backup Misery — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:41:54 +0000

[...] two best are As VMware VCB fades, high hopes for better backups from SearchServerVirtualization and speculation concerning vDR’s role given this [...]

By: Ding dong, VCB is gone - Storage Soup

Ding dong, VCB is gone - Storage Soup — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:55:12 +0000

[...] blogger wondered aloud if VMware Data Recovery (vDR), VMware’s own backup tool launched with vSphere 4, will take over for VCB, but I would be [...]

By: VMware VCB To Be Replaced by VADP? | Virtualization Spotlight

VMware VCB To Be Replaced by VADP? | Virtualization Spotlight — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:09:27 +0000

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By: MarkDCampbell

MarkDCampbell — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:48:28 +0000

Great post. I'd agree that vDR, like other point products, is differentiated from the API set. What VMware has done here is finally offer an API (and deprecated a horrific approach in VCB) that makes not only point products easier to integrate but allows backplane products that can handle VMware along with other virtual and physical environments to offer VMware support at the same level of quality.

Most small and medium businesses don't have the headcount to deploy point products and then manage and maintain them – so this direction by VMware should help in this area. I post more on this at http://www.unitrends.com/weblog/index.php/2010/...

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:15:14 +0000

Dracolith,

I wouldn't be surprised if the vDR documentation available for download is slightly behind.