https://www.catalogicsoftware.com/blog/category/vmware/Recent content in VMWare on Catalogic SoftwareHugoen-usSun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.catalogicsoftware.com/blog/vmware-backup-best-practices/Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.catalogicsoftware.com/blog/vmware-backup-best-practices/<p>Hardware failures, software faults, cyberattacks, and the occasional flooded server room all end the same way if the backups are not right. For most organizations running <a href="https://www.vmware.com">VMware</a>, the virtual estate holds the systems the business actually runs on, which makes VMware backup less a precaution than a basic operating requirement. This guide covers how to choose a backup tool, prepare the environment, run the backups, and verify they will restore.</p> <h2 id="choosing-the-right-vmware-backup-software">Choosing the Right VMware Backup Software</h2> <p>Selecting backup software for a VMware environment comes down to how well it integrates with vSphere, how efficiently it moves data, and how reliable its restore path is. Commvault, Rubrik, Veeam, and Catalogic DPX are the names that come up most often, and all of them will back up a VM.</p>