If the findings from a survey conducted by Symantec at the recent VMworld conference in Las Vegas are to be believed, then data backups in virtualized environments are often ineffective and inefficient. The conclusion was formed by surveying a total of 127 randomly selected attendees who reported success rates of less than 60 percent when it comes to dealing with virtual machines. Indeed, about 41 percent use at least two backup products for physical and virtual servers. Still, the fact that the research was commissioned by Symantec to highlight the capabilities of its Backup Exec product line should come across as suspicious. What are your experiences in backing-up virtual machines?

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