I have just one question.
Why archive an entire server? We have a strict rule to only archive the data
that is specifically needed.
Don't forget to "write" down the local admin password if you archive to whole
server.
Andy Huebner
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That is a good idea for one-off archives. I might use that for my current
need, but probably just easier installing a client in the guest for
one-off requests.
Automating it, on the other hand, with windows scripting, recovery agent
cli, and dynamic disks seems way tough
I remember in the old vcb days, you would have to script the whole
process. i.e. mount the VM's from the data store with vcbmounter and run
a backup from there.
Is it still possible to mount the VM's like that? I would think the
binaries are included in the "VMware tools" optional install in the BA
client since that is pretty much what it does for the file-level "backup
vm" but not sure if that is accessible. Is there a modern replacement for
vcbmounter ?
Regards,
Shawn
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Have you considered mounting the VM backup and then running the archive?
It's similar to a feature Fastback has for moving data to TSM for long
term
storage.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Shawn Drew <
shawn.drew AT americas.bnpparibas DOT com> wrote:
> Looked through the manual today and can't find any information on
> archiving VM data. Is there a way to archive data from a VMware guest
> (file-level or image) without installing a client on the actual guest?
> There doesn't seem to be an "archive vm" command
>
> Regards,
> Shawn
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