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VMProtect can be installed on a virtual server. It can run in a VMware Workstation or VMware Player VM.
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VMProtect can be installed on a virtual server. It can run in a VMware Workstation or VMware Player VM.

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how best to backup the guest?
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or free version of esxi with vm?<br />
external tape devices are not supported on esx right? &nbsp;but should work?
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or free version of esxi with vm?
external tape devices are not supported on esx right?  but should work?

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ok, is there any reason why we should not use vmplayer on the 2k8 server and virtualise the acronis, backup exec software?<br />
Possibly performance and windows licencing issues...?
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ok, is there any reason why we should not use vmplayer on the 2k8 server and virtualise the acronis, backup exec software?
Possibly performance and windows licencing issues...?

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Will stick with physical option but also look at appliance...
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Will stick with physical option but also look at appliance...

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Planning on using a physical box for our BE2010 - tape backups along with Vmprotect7. &nbsp;However can vmprotect be virtualised locally on top of the physical box? &nbsp;Is there any issues doing this?<br />
Main reason for this would be to restore vmprotect server with ease should it go wrong, and not rely on the tape backup for restoring....<br />
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vmplayer?<br />
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Thanks
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Planning on using a physical box for our BE2010 - tape backups along with Vmprotect7.  However can vmprotect be virtualised locally on top of the physical box?  Is there any issues doing this?
Main reason for this would be to restore vmprotect server with ease should it go wrong, and not rely on the tape backup for restoring....

vmplayer?

Thanks

Physical VMprotect and BE2010

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

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.

VMware

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