I want to share a blog post by John Nicholson (VMware - not the guy from Shining !) which is about VMware Backup Myths. If you are in a backup related job, it could be funny to read. I did not know some of them!

https://thenicholson.com/backup-myths/

My favorites are:

• Virtual machine backups are not useful for file, or app level recovery.
• Agent-based backups are “lighter-weight” than hypervisor-assisted backups.
• Network based backups will bottleneck on the vCenter.
• Snapshots Suck.
  • Here you have to read details in post!

Enjoy reading!