What are the top VMware virtual machine backup mistakes you've encountered or heard of, and what strategies do you recommend to avoid them?

I would recommend Veeam.  I have used Veeam Backup and Recovery over the past 5 years and was consolidating Netwoker and NetBackup solutions into a single platform (Veeam).  It was easy to install and configure.  I had multiple VMware ESXi hosts and approximately 300 VMs.  I also Had Physical servers that were either Linux and Windows.  I had also used the Veeam 365 product installed for backing up emails, Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint content.   My goal was that anyone in IT could do recoveries and end users could recover any files they needed to.   I have recovered files, filesystems/drive and parts of or entire VMs with little effort.  It will report to you as much as you want to know and any failures in backups that may have occurred.   I have never worked for Veeam I was just a satisfied user.  It's not without its issues and there did seem to be a bit of a price creep but the backup environment grew and that was most likely the biggest cause.  You can backup to Local, remote disk and to tape and of course to the cloud.  Also as a last note, I never had any issues when providing artifacts for compliance auditing with Veeam.  Best of luck to you. 

Backup and Recovery Software is important for companies because: -It ensures the protection and preservation of critical data and information. -It minimizes the risk of data loss due to hardware failures, system crashes, natural disasters, or cyberattacks. -It enables quick and efficient restoration of data, reducing downtime and minimizing business disruptions. -It provides a reliable and automated backup process, eliminating the need for manual data backups. -It offers data encryption and secure storage options, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information. -It allows for easy scalability, accommodating the growing data storage needs of businesses. -It facilitates compliance with data protection regulations and industry standards. -It provides peace of mind to businesses, knowing that their data is securely backed up and can be recovered in case of any unforeseen events.

Data is the most strategic resource of businesses and their loss can cause business operations to stop, that is why it is necessary to have a disaster recovery system such as a backup and recovery system.

I agree with what you shared. Zerto is a great product and their support is very good. It is disappointing that I have to stop using it because they are discontinuing Hyper-V support. I am looking at other products and options.

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