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CA ARCserve Central Applications r16.5 Patch Readme for VMware vSphere 5.5 Support


1.0 Welcome

2.0 r16.5 Patch Enhancements

2.1 Support for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup

2.2 Support for CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby

2.3 Support for VMware vSphere 5.5

2.4 Support for VMware VIX API 1.13.0

3.0 Contact CA Technologies


1.0 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Applications r16.5 Patch Readme for VMware vSphere 5.5 Support. This readme file contains important information about how CA ARCserve D2D for Windows leverages CA ARCserve Central Applications to provide advanced data protection for virtual and physical infrastructures.

To obtain technical support for CA ARCserve Central Applications, see https://support.ca.com/prodinfo/arcserve.


2.0 r16.5 Patch Enhancements


2.1 Support for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup

CA ARCserve D2D offers host-based protection for VMware vSphere environments using CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup.

The following features are included in this patch:

Visit http://www.arcserve.com/us/d2d.aspx for more information.


2.2 Support for CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby

CA ARCserve D2D offers near-instantaneous VM recovery using CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby.

The following features are included in this patch:

Visit http://www.arcserve.com/us/d2d.aspx for more information.


2.3 Support for VMware vSphere 5.5

CA ARCserve D2D and CA ARCserve Central Applications r16.5 for Windows are now certified to support the following VMware applications:

In addition, the following items are also supported in this patch:


2.4 Support for VMware VIX API 1.13.0

With this patch, CA ARCserve Central Applications supports VMware VIX API 1.13.0 to help manage your host-based virtual machines.


3.0 Contact CA Technologies

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