VM backup using multiple third-party software.

[jackvm121]

There is a plan to use two backup software to take the VM backup. The first solution will backup during the day and the second one will backup at night.

Is it a recommended scenario? Can VMWare CBT be a problem even if the jobs would run at different times?

[nachogonzalez · Accepted solution]

Hello @jackvm121 hey, hope all is well:

I don't know for sure if it's recommended or not, I'm leaning more on the fact that it's not, but again, I'm not 100% sure.
That being said, here is a few scenarios that can cause issues in your environment:

- Backup jobs overlapping:
In case a backup job extends it might overlap one with the other, causing both jobs to have an active snapshot and that might impact your VMs, even causing errors with the consolidation.

- Backups impacting your applications 
As you are aware running backups sometimes can impact resource-intensive applications and it's recommended to run them outside business hours to avoid any disruption. Any resoruce intensive workload such as SQL or AI/ML processing should be excepted from the daily backup. 

[jackvm121]

Hello Nacho,

Thank you very much for your time and feedback. 

I appreciate your time.