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Sendense Author

Gavin Young

Gavin Young writes for Sendense about VMware exit planning, backup portability and changed block tracking.

  • VMware exit planning
  • Backup portability
  • Changed block tracking

Articles by Gavin Young

VDDK

Migrating and Protecting VMware Workloads Without VDDK

Sendense uses native VMware integration to migrate and provide backup and continuous replication protection of VMware workloads without the need for VDDK.

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Licensing & Exit

The VMware Pricing Problem in 2026: Your Backup History Is the Hostage

Subscription-only licensing and bundled renewals are the visible cost. The real lock-in is years of restore points in a VMware-only format — and how to move them.

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Glossary

What Is Changed Block Tracking (CBT)?

Changed block tracking records which disk blocks changed since the last backup, so incrementals read only those blocks. How CBT works on VMware and CloudStack/KVM.

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