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Virtualization Servers and Hosts

You can add the following types of servers and hosts to the backup infrastructure:

You can add physical machines and VMs to the backup infrastructure and assign different roles to them. The table below describes which roles can be assigned to the different types of servers.

Server Type

Source Host

Target Host

Backup Proxy

Backup Repository

VMware vSphere Server
(standalone ESXi host or vCenter Server)

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

VMware vCloud Director

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Microsoft Windows server

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Linux server

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

Virtualization Servers and Hosts 

 

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