The market offers several valid solutions you can choose from, and backup product selection must consider different elements, such as infrastructure complexity, supported platforms, backup types, licensing, and budget.

Depending on what you need to back up, the software solution you choose must provide specific features to meet the requirements. For example, to back up Microsoft SQL Servers, application-aware backups with log truncate features must be supported to ensure database consistency. If you are still performing backups on tape, make sure the product supports tapes.

Since the available backup solutions provide different options, capabilities, and pricing, some popular backup products specific to virtual environments will now be briefly illustrated to show what the market is offering. The listed vendors and product order don't follow any classification or preference.