Merge pull request #295272 from AbhishekMallick01/Feb-25-2025-Freshness1

Freshness - Back up VMware VM using MABS

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/backup/backup-azure-backup-server-vmware.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
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-title: Back up VMware VMs with Azure Backup Server
-description: In this article, learn how to use Azure Backup Server to back up VMware VMs running on a VMware vCenter/ESXi server.
+title: Back up VMware VMs using Azure Backup Server
+description: Learn how to back up VMware VMs running on VMware ESXi hosts/vCenter Server to Azure using Azure Backup Server (MABS).
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 02/22/2024
+ms.date: 02/25/2025
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ---
-# Back up VMware VMs with Azure Backup Server
+# Back up VMware VMs using Azure Backup Server
 
 This article describes how to back up VMware VMs running on VMware ESXi hosts/vCenter Server to Azure using Azure Backup Server (MABS).
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To protect VMware VM using Azure Backup you need to:
 
 ## Support matrix
 
-This section provides the supported scenarios to protect VMware VMs.
+This section summarizes the support settings to protect VMware VMs.
 
 ### Supported VMware features
 
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ MABS provides the following features when backing up VMware virtual machines:
 | MABS v3 UR2 | VMware server 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, or 6.0 (Licensed Version) |
 | MABS v3 UR1 | VMware server 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, or 5.5 (Licensed Version) |
 
-## Prerequisites and limitations
+## Supported scenarios and limitations
 
-Before you start backing up a VMware virtual machine, review the following list of limitations and prerequisites.
+Before you start backing up a VMware virtual machine, review the following list of supported scenarios and limitations.
 
 - If you have been using MABS to protect a vCenter server (running on Windows) as a Windows Server using the FQDN of the server, you can't protect that vCenter server as a VMware server using the FQDN of the server.
   - You can use the static IP address of vCenter Server as a workaround.
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ Before you start backing up a VMware virtual machine, review the following list
 - MABS can't protect VMware VMs with existing snapshots.
 - MABS v4 doesn't support the *DataSets* feature for VMware 8.0.
 
-## Before you start
+## Prerequisites
+
+Before you back up VMware VMs using Azure Backup Server, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
 
 - Verify that you're running a version of vCenter/ESXi that's supported for backup. Refer to the support matrix [here](./backup-mabs-protection-matrix.md).
 - Make sure you've set up Azure Backup Server. If you haven't, [do that](backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup.md) before you start. You should be running Azure Backup Server with the latest updates.
@@ -602,4 +604,4 @@ Path- SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\MICROSOFT DATA PROTECTION MANAGER\\VMWare
 
 ## Next steps
 
-For troubleshooting issues when setting up backups, review the [troubleshooting guide for Azure Backup Server](./backup-azure-mabs-troubleshoot.md).
+[Troubleshoot issues about setting up of backups using Azure Backup Server](./backup-azure-mabs-troubleshoot.md).