I just got VDP setup to backup my VMs to an iSCSI LUN on old hardware running OpenIndiana/Napp-it. Great, free backup solution! Just crossing my fingers the bug-fix for application consistent backups from VDP arrives end-of-quarter as promised! 9TiB are nicely de-duplicated down to a manageable 2! And I went overnight from a 45+ hour symantec full backup to less than 3 hours using VDP. I'm ecstatic and so is my boss.
Next step: I'd love to ship that backup data off-site. I'm not super keen on vsphere replication because I'm on essentials plus so it either means breaking up my data center or adding licensing. Anyone know what my options are for shipping my data up to Azure or Amazon?
thanks in advance,
jb