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Protecting VMware virtual machines at the asset level

In most cases, Unitrends recommends that you use host-level backups to protect your VMware virtual machines. However, in some instances, you might wish to protect your VMs at the guest level in the same way you would protect physical machines, using asset-level backups. Host- and asset-level backups provide you with different options.

Use the following topics to determine whether to run host- or asset-level backups of VMware virtual machines: