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PowerProtect Data Manager: Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery
Executive summary Introduction Deployment requirements Data Manager protection policy options for virtual machine protection PowerProtect Search Engine Virtual machine consistent backup workflows
Virtual machine consistent backup configuration workflow
Virtual machine consistent backup protection workflow
Application-aware backup configuration workflow
Application-aware backup protection workflow (FULL)
Application-aware backup workflow (log)
Data Manager use cases for virtual machine recovery Disaster recovery Technical support and resources

Application-aware backup workflow (log)

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Application-aware backup workflow (log)

  • The protection workflow of application-aware log backups is as follows:

    1. Request to VM Direct Engine to perform backup
    1. Application-aware compatibility check (SQL permission, SQL status, VSS status, and so on)
    2. VM Direct Engine asks Microsoft App agent to perform transaction log backup
    3. Microsoft App agent will serially back up each database transaction log (using VDI) directly to target storage
    4. SQL Server truncates logs
    5. App agent provides database backup details, including discovered SQL assets, to VM Direct Engine
    6. VM Direct Engine parses VSS manifest and catalogs files and transaction logs
    7. Data Manager creates virtual machine PCS and its corresponding SQL PCS based on the backup results

    This Diagram depicts protection workflow of application-aware log backups