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How to Use the VMware hotadd Transport Mode

The VMware hotadd Transport Mode is a mechanism that lets you transport data in a manner that is more efficient than the LAN transport mode. To use VMware hotadd Transport Mode in your environment, consider the following:

• The agent supports the VMware hotadd transport mode using VDDK on virtual machines that are running the following applications:
  • ESX Server 3.5 or later
  • vCenter Server 2.5 or later
• The backup proxy system must be configured on a virtual machine.

  The ESX Server system where the backup proxy virtual machine resides requires access to the data store of the virtual machine that you are backing up or recovering.

To configure the agent to back up and restore data using the hotadd transport mode with VDDK, complete the following tasks:

1. Install Arcserve Backup Client Agent for Windows and Arcserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines inside the virtual machine.
2. Populate the Arcserve Backup database with information about the virtual machine using Arcserve VMware Configuration Tool.

Note: To configure the agent to use the hotadd transport mode on VDDK backup proxy systems, you do not need to add, remove, or modify registry keys.