Quest vRanger
Installation/Upgrade Guide
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the backup traffic. Physical backups are processed in a similar fashion, with the backup activity
being performed by the vRanger physical backup client installed on the source server.
Note: Generally speaking, network backups and restores will be slower than LAN-Free. If your
environment supports LAN-Free backups, use that option whenever possible. See LAN-Free
Backups [Virtual Machines Only] for more information.
2.3.1.b
Configurations for Network Backups
vRanger pushes a lot of data through the network very quickly. While this performance is good for
minimizing your backup window, if not configured properly it can degrade your production network.
An important best practice is to separate the backup traffic from the production network by
configuring a dedicated backup network.
Note: This approach requires that each ESX host and the vRanger machine have two NICs installed.