HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 6.2 User Guide

7. Specify the location for the backup files to be placed on the virtual machine host, and then click Next.
For a VMware ESX server virtual machine that is powered up, choose one of the following:
• Perform the backup while the virtual machine is running. During the backup operation, disk changes
are written to a new redo log and applied when the backup completes.
• Pause the virtual machine for the duration of the backup operation and resume processing when
the backup completes. By default, the backup is compressed.
8. Select Do not automatically delete backups or Maximum backups to retain depending upon your
requirement, and click Next.
9. Verify the backup details and click Schedule or Run Now.
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