Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent?

SUMMARY

Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent?

ISSUE

Purpose

 Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent?

Applies To

 physical and virtual backup systems

Symptoms / Description

Are Unitrends VMware backups application consistent?  For more detail regarding what application consistency means, see the link the Third-Party Resources portion of this article.

Cause

 n/a

Resolution / Workaround / Execution Process

Yes, the Unitrends VMware backups are application consistent.  And in release 7.0 we added the ability to store credentials for the VM so we may perform post backup tasks, such as log truncation.

Please see your VMware documentation to ensure that your environment is able to perform application consistent snapshots.

Third-Party Sources

http://www.unitrends.com/documents/administrators-guide/

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.datarecovery.admin.doc_20%2FGUID-6F339449-8A9F-48C0-BE70-91A2654A79D2.html