You can protect workloads running in the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) using the Commvault Cloud Backup for VM and Kubernetes Subscription.
The vCenter and hosts reside on high-performance servers in the Microsoft Azure datacenter. AVS operates in the same way as an on-premises deployment of VMware, except that Microsoft Azure does not provide access to hosts. vSAN is used as a shared datastore. For best results, deploy your libraries in an Azure storage account. For more information, see Azure VMware Solution.
Configuring Backup for Azure VMware Solution
Configure the backup for the Azure VMware Solution using Commvault Cloud Backup for VMware.
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Configure your Azure Storage Account or Air Gap Protect as the primary copy in the same region as your VMware datacenter for best performance and to avoid inter-region data transfer charges.
Features
Commvault Cloud supports the following features with AVS:
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Backups and restores using vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)
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Changed block tracking (CBT)
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Full, incremental, and synthetic full backups
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Restores of full VMs, VMDKs (alone or attached to a VM), and guest files and folders
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Agentless file recovery
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Application-aware backups
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VM conversion from VMware to Microsoft Azure
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VM conversion from Microsoft Azure to VMware
Limitations
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Because there is no access to hosts, the following Commvault Cloud features are not supported for AVS:
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Live VM recovery using vMotion
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Live mount
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Only HotAdd transport mode is supported. SAN and NBD transport modes do not work with VMware Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
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When creating a replication target, you cannot specify a resource pool as Azure cvcloudadmin does not give the Assign VM to resource group permission. You must instead select "/".
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When you restore a VM to a different ESXi host or cluster, you must specify the resource pool and VM folder path for the restored VM.