How to Back Up Vmware Virtual Machine with Veeam Backup Free Edition

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open the Virtual Machines view and select the required VMware or Hyper-V host in the infrastructure tree.

   Note that you can create only one virtual machine backup of a single VM at a time.
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   Step 2: Right-click the virtual machine you want to back up and select VeeamZIP.

   You can also select the required VM and click VeeamZIP on the toolbar.
   
   To quickly find the needed VM in your infrastructure, you can search by name. , In the Destination section, click Browse and select a local folder to which you want save your file. , You can choose one of the five ways to reduce the backup file size (None to Extreme compression). ,, During the backup process run, you can monitor the statistics of its performance and success in real-time.
   
   Note, that every virtual machine backup file name includes metadata, such as VM name, and date and time of the VeeamZIP file creation. ,
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   Step 3: Specify the location where you want to store your virtual machine backup.

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   Step 4: Click More to specify additional backup options such as required level of compression.

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   Step 5: Click OK to start VeeamZIP and create a full virtual machine backup file (VBK).

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   Step 6: Click OK to complete.

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   Step 7: Click Show Details to see the VeeamZIP job results once it has finished.

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