VMware Standard backup sets are used to back up VMware virtual machines to the cloud, providing an off-site copy of those virtual machines for disaster-recovery purposes.
For a virtual machine to be eligible for backups, it must meet the following requirements:
- The UUID attribute must be enabled for the virtual machine you intend to back up.
- The virtual machine must use only SCSI disks.
- The virtual machine must not use dynamic disks.
For clarification, dynamic disks are not displayed at the guest operating system level; if you open Disk Management from within the guest and there are dynamic volumes present, these disks are not backed up.
VMware Standard backup sets can be restored to the original ESX/ESXi host or to a different one and can be stored online (in the cloud), locally, or both.