Data to Back Up

With Veeam Backup & Replication, you can back up regular VMs and linked clone VMs.

Backup of Regular VMs

When you perform backup of regular VMs, Veeam Backup & Replication captures and stores to the backup file the following data:

• VM disk content
• vApp metadata
• VM metadata

Backup of Linked Clone VMs

When you perform backup of linked clone VMs, Veeam Backup & Replication captures and stores to the backup file the following data:

• Content of the template to which the VM is linked
• Content of the VM user disk — delta disk
• vApp metadata
• VM metadata

During full backup of linked clone VMs, Veeam Backup & Replication consolidates data of the VM template and delta disk and saves it as a regular VM disk in the backup file. Data merging guarantees proper VM restore: even if a VM template is lost by the time of recovery, you will still be able to restore the linked clone VM from the backup.

During incremental backup, Veeam Backup & Replication saves only changed data of the delta file.