On 8/8/2012 4:57 AM, Michael D. Wood wrote:
> No, I'm not backing up the pure vmdk files.  I'm just backing up the critical 
> directories on each VM.  This is my home network, I'm not too worried about 
> backing up the full vmdk file.  If I have to ever re-build I have all my 
> config files backed up.  That’s all I am really looking to do.  I would have 
> to say though, ideally, backing up the vmdk file would be a much better 
> solution - can't get any simpler than that.
>

Simpler, but there are advantages and disadvantages. For disaster 
recovery, backing up the image is ideal. But if you need to be able to 
restore just one file in a VM, then running bacula-fd in the VM might be 
ideal.

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