VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0.1 | 4.36 Gb vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is a robust, simple to deploy, disk-based backup and recovery solution. VDP is fully integrated with the VMwarevCenter Server and enables centralized and efficient management of backup jobs while storing backups in deduplicated destination storage locations. The VMware vSphere Web Client interface is used to select, schedule, configure, and manage backups and recoveries of virtual machines. During a backup, VDP creates a quiesced snapshot of the virtual machine. Deduplication is automatically performed with every backup operation. Benefits of vSphere Data Protection