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Backup from Storage Snapshots

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Backup from Storage Snapshots lets you speed up backup and replication for VMware VMs whose disks are located on the storage volumes. Backup from Storage Snapshots leverages storage snapshots for VM data processing. As a result, impact of backup and replication activities on the production environment reduces and RPOs improves.

Backup from Storage Snapshots Note:

The Backup from Storage Snapshots functionality is available only in the Enterprise Plus edition of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Limitations for Backup from Storage Snapshots

Backup from Storage Snapshots does not support vRDM disks. Such disks are skipped during Backup from Storage Snapshots.