Multinode Backup Copy for the VMware Agent

When you add multiple access nodes to a VMware instance or subclient, the backup copy operation automatically distributes the VMs in a backup copy job across the available access nodes. However, not all access nodes are used during the backup copy operation. The optimal number of nodes is selected based on the VMs and disks involved in the backup copy operation. No other configuration is required to enable multinode backup copies.

For the Virtual Server Agent with VMware, multinode backup copy operations are available with the following vendors and engines:

Vendor	Engine
Dell PowerStore	Dell PowerStore
Dell EMC PowerMax/VMAX3/VMAX	Dell EMC TimeFinder SnapVX(SYMCLI)
Dell EMC Storage Center (DSM)	Dell EMC Storage Center Snap (DSM)
Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON	Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON SnapView Clone Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON SnapView / VNX Snap
Dell EMC XtremIO	Dell EMC XtremIO Snap
Dell EqualLogic	Dell EqualLogic Snap
Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX	Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX Clone Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX Snap Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX SnapOPC+
Hitachi Vantara	Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI) Hitachi Thin Image (CCI)
HPE Nimble Storage	HPE Nimble Storage Snap
HPE XP P9500	Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI)* Hitachi Thin Image (CCI)*
HPE XP XP7	Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI)* Hitachi Thin Image (CCI)*
IBM FlashSystem	IBM FlashCopy IBM Space-efficient FlashCopy
INFINIDAT	INFINIDAT InfiniSnap
NetApp	NetApp
Pure Storage FlashArray	Pure Storage FlashArray Snap

*Hitachi Vantara OEM