Cloud Director Backup Jobs

For VMs managed by VMware Cloud Director, Veeam Backup & Replication offers a special type of the backup job — VMware Cloud Director backup job. VMware Cloud Director backup jobs process VMware Cloud Director objects, ensure their proper restore and support of Cloud Director-specific features.

It is recommended that you use VMware Cloud Director backup jobs to back up VMs managed by VMware Cloud Director. If you back up VMs managed by VMware Cloud Director using a regular backup job, Veeam Backup & Replication will perform backup at the level of the underlying vCenter Server and will not capture vApp metadata. As a result, you will not be able to restore a fully-functioning VM to VMware Cloud Director.