Creating Incremental VM Backup with Quick Backup

You can use Veeam Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client to create a quick backup for the selected VM. For more information on quick backup, see the Quick Backup section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

You can perform quick backup for any VM that meets the following requirements:

• A backup job processing the VM exists on the backup server that is added to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.
• There is a full backup file for this VM in the backup repository.

To perform quick backup, do the following:

1. In VMware vSphere Client, open the vCenter Server inventory.
2. In the inventory tree, select a VM.
3. Right-click the VM and select Veeam Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client > Quick Backup.

This will trigger a backup job processing the selected VM to create a new incremental restore point (VIB file) for the latest full backup found in the repository for this VM. Details of a running quick backup task can be seen in the Recent Tasks pane on the right.