Backing Up Virtual Disks
in vSphere
This chapter documents how to write backup
and restore software for virtual machines running in vSphere, and contains the
following sections about the vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection (VADP):
For an overview of backup, and help designing your
top-level program structure, read the first section below. For details about
implementing low-level backup code, read the remaining sections. You should be
familiar with virtual machines, snapshots, ESXi, vCenter, and Java.