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Not sure if can be done via VMDirectpath but normally you need to setup veeam on a dedicated server hardware <br />
What you want to achive can easily be done if you have a dedicated BackupExec server connected to a tape drive/library<br />
Basically veeam backup your VMs to NAS, and BackupExec backup the vbk files on NAS to tapes
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Not sure if can be done via VMDirectpath but normally you need to setup veeam on a dedicated server hardware
What you want to achive can easily be done if you have a dedicated BackupExec server connected to a tape drive/library
Basically veeam backup your VMs to NAS, and BackupExec backup the vbk files on NAS to tapes

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Thanks, we are talking about VMware ESXi free. What is the best solution of backing up the virtual machines? I saw there is a tool/script called VCBGhetto. Anyone any suggestions about this?
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Thanks, we are talking about VMware ESXi free. What is the best solution of backing up the virtual machines? I saw there is a tool/script called VCBGhetto. Anyone any suggestions about this?

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Hi, I have the following question: is it possible to connect a tape-unit and a dedicated scsi card to a VM? My goal is to create backups to tape of my Windows VM's. I want to use Veeam to create backups of my VM's and write them to tape with Backup Exec. I want to install the Backup Exec and Veeam software on a VM which is located in my main location. I want to restore the VM's from the main location in a remote site at a different location. <br />
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Thanks
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Hi, I have the following question: is it possible to connect a tape-unit and a dedicated scsi card to a VM? My goal is to create backups to tape of my Windows VM's. I want to use Veeam to create backups of my VM's and write them to tape with Backup Exec. I want to install the Backup Exec and Veeam software on a VM which is located in my main location. I want to restore the VM's from the main location in a remote site at a different location. 

Thanks

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VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.