All VMware Users:

Using the VMware Consolidated backup you can do file level backups of
windows machines and system backups of other clients.  There is
documentation on the VMware website about how to do this.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

There is also a zip file that contains all the scripts that will be
required.  All of this is from VMware.  Email me if you want the zip
file.

Enjoy!
Aaron

On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 11:04 -0500, Mark Stapleton wrote:
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 08/07/2006
> 10:20:08 AM:
> > Backing up virtual machine by backing up their file system is (not
> > only in my opinion) generally dangerous - data is not consistent.
> >
> > We use tivoli client on ESX server (by the way - still 2.5.3p1) AND
> > tivoli clients on each virtual machine. This guarantee REAL
> > consistence of data in virtualization machine  (ESX) and in virtual
> > environment.
>
> Please check the VMWare ESX documentation. There is an approved way to
> suspend (not stop) a given VM so that a backup can be made of the file
> containing the VM with the TSM client installed on the host OS. The
> process can be worked into PRESCHEDCMD and POSTSCHEDCMD so that consistent
> images can be backed up.
>
> There are also third-party packages that do the same thing, only with more
> bells and whistles.
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton
> US Bank Backup and Recovery
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