Backing Up Virtual Disks in vSphere

This chapter documents how to write backup and restore software for virtual machines running in vSphere, and contains the following sections about the vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection (VADP):

■	Design and Implementation Overview

■	Low Level Backup Procedures

■	Low Level Restore Procedures

■	Tips and Best Practices

■	Windows Backup Implementations

For an overview of backup, and help designing your top-level program structure, read the first section below. For details about implementing low-level backup code, read the remaining sections. You should be familiar with virtual machines, snapshots, ESXi, vCenter, and Java.