SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure (SMVI)

This will server as the summary post for SMVI.

In this post I explained how SMVI redefines what it means to do backup in a VMware infrastructure.

Part  I describes the backup challenge.

Part II describes the disaster recovery challenge

Part III provides a bit of background on ESX storage and NetApp storage that experts may skip.

Part IV describes how snapshots make everything better.

Part V provides some background on the difference between crash and consistent backup.

Finally part VI, finally introduces SMVI, and describes some of the features of the product and covers some of the details around backup and restore.

I hope you find this series interesting.