vApp Requirement | Detail |
vStorage API Data Protection integration | □ vStorage API Data Protection provides change-block tracking capability to reduce backup windows. □ Integration to enable backup of isolated virtual machines and vApps. □ Integration with vStorage API Data Protection to provide LAN-free and server-free backups to support better consolidation rations for vCloud and the underlying vSphere infrastructure. □ Use of the virtual machine Universally Unique Identifier versus virtual machine name will support multitenancy and avoid potential name space conflicts. |
vCloud Director integration | □ Interface support for vCloud provider administrator teams. In the future, consumer (organization administrator and users) access may be provided by some vendors. □ Include vCloud metadata for the vApps. This includes temporary and permanent metadata per virtual machine or vApp. This is required to make sure that recovery of the virtual machine or vApp has all data required to support resource requirements and SLAs. |
vApp requirements | □ Provide vApp granularity for backups. Support backup of multitiered vApps (for example, a Microsoft Exchange vApp that has multiple virtual machines included. Backup selection of the Exchange vApp would pick up all the underlying virtual machines that are part of the main vApp).This capability is not available today, but is being developed by vendors. |