12.1. IntroductionThis chapter focuses on backup strategies and the different approaches available to ensure you can recover your Service Console and VMs after a disaster. VMware provides greater flexibility in backing up virtual servers compared with traditional backup methods; however, that flexibility comes at the cost of a greater degree of complexity. VMware offers two general approaches for backing up your server environments, each with its own benefits and limitations. It's important to thoroughly understand the application model of VMware in order to select the approach best suited to your environment. This model touches a wide variety of factors, including:
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