You down with VDP? Yeah you know me!

I had to be the first one to make a really bad joke.

Everyone will admit, how to efficiently back up your VM’s is a hot topic. Remember VDP is VMware’s product, but a lot of EMC technical people should be able to let you know right away how it works. VDP will be an excellent fit for a lot of customers with environments where they can’t spend extra on “virtual” backups.

Here are some of my favorite things in the new VDP.

1. First it is built right into the new vSphere Web Client
   

1. A simple wizard guides you through making the jobs.
   
2. VDP uses Change block tracking to accelerate full restores.
   
3. Integrated Self-service File level restore. What is better than file level restore? No one opening a ticket to ask you to do it!
   

The other stuff

Someone will eventually ask what is the difference between VDP and Avamar?