You're pretty close to doing things the way we do it.
This is what we do in a script that we call with savepnpc
1) get a list of all the instances we want to back up
2) for each of the instances do the following
        use vcbMounter to create a snapshot
        use save to back up the snapshot
        release the snapshot
        rinse, lather, repeat until done
Hope this helps.



On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:39 AM, mark wragge <mark_t_wragge AT yahoo DOT ie> 
wrote:
> I have been able use Vmware Consolidated Backup to create a full copy of a VM 
> using the vcbMounter command. When i do this the VM is copied to a folder on 
> my backup server and I can then back this VM up.
>
>   I know that I can use the savepnpc command to call a script but how do i 
> integrate this process into a script? Which VCB commands do I need to use in 
> the script?
>
>   Should I be using the vcbMounter command  or should i be using the 
> vcbSnapshot command?
>
>   Which command should i use to cleanup the copy of the VM once the backup 
> has completed?
>
>   If possible could someone send me a copy of the contents of a script that 
> they use when VCB backups are implemented for full VM backups?
>
>   Thanks, Mark
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