Backing up virtual machines

Hi,

So currently we use some backup software to back up our virtual machines to local hard drives and then use Backup Exec to copy it from the local hard drives to tape. Im looking to streamline this into one operation with backup exec backing up the pysical machines and the virtual machines straight to tape.

Currently we are running Backup Exec 2010 R2 version 13.0 Rev 41.64 (64-bit)

So do I need any adittional licences to backup the vertial machines (VMware machines)?

Also when using our current software to backup virtual machines with SQL on them, all the SQL transaction logs are also backed up. Can you confirm that backup exec with be able to do this also?

 

Thanks

 

Adam