BDRSuite Support for Free ESXi in VMware

BDRSuite Support for Free ESXi in VMware

KB ID: 77
Cause:
The backup of free ESXi server virtual machines is not supported due to licensing restrictions.
Solution:
BDRSuite does not support the free version of ESXi. BDRSuite utilizes advanced VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection, and these APIs are a licensed VMware feature. Therefore, backups using these APIs are restricted by VMware. To resolve this issue, upgrade to a paid version of ESX or ESXi to perform VM backups without encountering any issues.

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