# Data backup and recovery

> Connect Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to your backup system to automatically add provisioned servers to a protection plan and restore them without leaving CMP

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Your backup product handles the backup: it holds the protection plans, runs their schedules, and stores the snapshots. CMP imports the plans you want to offer, adds each new server to its chosen plan during provisioning, and lists that server's snapshots on the server's **Data Protection** tab.

To back up CMP, see [Back up Cloud Management Platform](/docs/cmp/configure/administration/maintain/back-up/) and [Restore Cloud Management Platform from a backup](/docs/cmp/configure/administration/maintain/restore/).

## Supported technologies

CMP ships with four data protection technologies.

| Technology | Protection plan name | Notes |
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| Cohesity | Protection Job | Supported on [vCenter](/docs/cmp/configure/infrastructure/resource-handlers/vmware-vcenter/) VMs only. A restored VM comes back under a new name ending in `-restore`. |
| Rubrik | SLA Domain | Supported on [vCenter](/docs/cmp/configure/infrastructure/resource-handlers/vmware-vcenter/) VMs only. Rubrik 8.1 and later authenticate with an API token. |
| Commvault | VM Group | A restore runs as a CMP job. A new server does not exist in Commvault until the next backup runs on its VM group. |
| Azure Backup | Backup policy | Authenticates through an existing Azure resource handler, so the connection needs no host or credentials. |

Veeam is also available as a UI extension with its own admin page and server tab. It does not use the Data Protection Plan parameter or the Data Protection tab.

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Section pages:

- [Add a data protection plan](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/add-protection-plan/): Connect Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to your backup system, then import protection plans to use with your servers
- [Data protection plan parameters](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/protection-plan-parameters/): A protection plan reaches a server through the Data Protection Plan parameter
- [Restore from snapshots](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/restore-from-snapshots/): Your backup system takes snapshots of protected servers on the schedule set by their protection plan
- [Azure Backup](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/azure-backup/): Azure Backup protects Azure VMs with backup policies held in a Recovery Services vault
- [Commvault backup and recovery](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/commvault/): Commvault associates virtual machines with a backup plan through VM groups
- [Veeam UI extension](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/data-backup-and-recovery/veeam-ui-extension/): Veeam is available to Cloud Management Platform (CMP) as a UI extension: install it from the Library and point it at your Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager