Virtualization is being rapidly adopted in all business segments big, medium or small. Initially, poor stability and reliability of Virtualization limited its usage to low impact applications. However, over the years the technology has evolved and matured, rendering Virtualization suitable for mission critical applications. By incorporating and validating backup and restore capabilities, IT departments can work to mitigate this risk.

Refer the attached technical paper on "Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.1 Backup and Recovery Using Symantec Netbackup 7.5"