Backup from Storage Snapshots: How It Works and When to Use It
Veeam, Thursday, November 5th, 2026
Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshots reads VMware VM data from array snapshots, shortening VMware snapshot windows and production impact.
Backup from Storage Snapshots lets Veeam Backup and Replication use an array-based storage snapshot as the source for VMware backups instead of reading through the production datastore for the whole job.
A VMware snapshot is still created to set a consistent point in time but can be removed quickly, which limits delta disk growth and the consolidation work and VM stun that follow.
Changed Block Tracking keeps incremental reads short.
The feature applies only to VMware vSphere, not Hyper-V, and depends on several prerequisites, without which Veeam may fall back to another processing mode or the job may fail.