Saving a Virtual Machine State
Virtual machines are backed up for many reasons; the first and foremost reason is disaster preparedness. Whether it is an actual disaster such as an unexpected violent act of nature or a man-made mistake, having accurate and validated application data retrievable has been a long-term practice and it is crucial for business continuance. Virtual machines, by the nature of their composition, data files, often allow simpler methods of backup than their physical counterparts. We’ll cover more about this topic in Chapter 13, “Understanding Availability,” but there is one use case to look at in the context of copying virtual machines.
Many companies dedicate portions of their IT departments and application groups to the ...
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