Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

Sangfor HCI and aSV provide a unified infrastructure combining compute, storage, networking, and built-in security to simplify deployment, operations, and services.
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VMware Backups

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On the VMware Backups tab, VM backups can be displayed by node. Such information as VM name, number of backups, total size, previous backup repository, last backup and backup policy will be displayed.

Recover: Select backed up virtual machines and recover them to their previous status and configuration. Virtual machine can be recovered on Sangfor HCI platform or recovered to VMware vCenter, as shown below:



You may also recover virtual machine on Backup tab in VM summary. For details, refer to the 2.2.2.9 VM Recovery section.

Delete: To delete backups of the virtual machine, select the virtual machine and click Delete. The backups will go to the Recycle bin and will be preserved for 30 days. This operation requires you to enter password of the username to confirm.

VM Name: It displays the name of virtual machine that has been backed up.

Backups: It displays the number of backups. You may click on the number to view detailed information of backups of the virtual machine. For details, refer to the 2.2.2.8 VM Backup section.

Total Size: It displays total size of the backup files of virtual machine.

Previous Backup Repository: It displays the previous backup repository.

Last Backup: It displays time when the last backup happens.

Backup Policy: It displays the backup policy that virtual machine is associated with. You may click on the backup policy to edit it.