> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of tkutil
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:38 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] VCB & Networker
> 
> 
> The alias is just a way of backing up multiple VMs without creating a
client for each
> VM. By specifying *FULL* you just grab a snap shot and therefore do
not need to
> install the client on every VM, but you cannot do file level recovery
as you could if
> you had the client installed and specified ALLVMFS.
> 
> The draw back to the aliases is that when recovering the save set you
do not know
> which saveset belongs to which VM. By default the Networker creates a
save set
> named FULLVM and in that save set are listed the VMs, but the only
usefull
> identifiable attribute is the size. I just spoke with EMC support and
they are
> addressing this issue in a future release of Networker.
> 

Thank you for clarifying this. Much appreciated! :)

jamie

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