[PPDM] How to check the Protection Mechanism for a Virtual Machine Backup
Summary: How to find out in PPDM what protection mechanism is being used for a virtual machine.
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PPDM by default will use TSDM to backup VMs on ESX host 7.0u3 and above. If you need to find out what protection mechanism a VM is using i.e either VADP or TSDM, you can enable the 'Protection Mechanism Field' under the 'Assets' view as below:
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Article Number: 000205333
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 28 May 2023
Version: 1
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