Backup running in VM

If a backup agent is running within a VM and backing up selected files within that VM will the system backup at the level above backup the total VM using a snapshot or similar method?

Also - Is it possible to restore selected files from within a backed up VM or just the whole VM?

 

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    Thank you for the question. For virtual machines (VMware / Hyper-V) you have 2 options.  Veagent based backup, where we backup the machine at the VMDK level (VMware) for example.  This option does also include the option for granular recovery of individual files, assuming that the target / destination for the backup was a deduplication device, such as DDboost, HPE StoreOnce, or DP native Deduplication store. The other option would be to install a disk agent within the VM, which will allow you to backup at a filesystem perspective, including having the option for a Bare-Metal restore, which we refer to as the Disaster Recovery module.