While a single point of failure should not exist in the VMware View environment, it is still important to ensure regular backups are taken for a quick recovery when failures occur. Also, if a setting becomes corrupted or is changed, a backup could be used to restore to a previous point in time. The backup of the VMware View environment should be performed on a regular basis in line with an organization's existing backup methodology. A VMware View environment contains both files and databases.

The main backup points of a VMware View environment are as follows: