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I would not recommend VDP Advanced over Veeam Backup and Replication.
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I would not recommend VDP Advanced over Veeam Backup and Replication.

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Does Veeam Backup work with backing up MSSQL at the database or log file level?
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Does Veeam Backup work with backing up MSSQL at the database or log file level?

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We are currently looking for a good MSSQL Server 2012 backup solution. Has anyone tried VMware VDP Advanced for backing up databases? What would you recommend and why?<br />
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VMWare Windows 2012 R2 with MSSQL 2012
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We are currently looking for a good MSSQL Server 2012 backup solution. Has anyone tried VMware VDP Advanced for backing up databases? What would you recommend and why?

VMWare Windows 2012 R2 with MSSQL 2012

MSSqlServer 2012 Backup solution/Best MSSQL drive type VMware Physical/Virtual located on a SAN or VMDK located in a datastore on the SAN for the data and log drives?

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