> <snip>
> Would it be easier  backup & recover single VMS in a NFS 
> share if I used NFS shares for Datastores?

Did you read 'Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on
NetApp'?
http://media.netapp.com/documents/tr-3562.pdf

I bet your answers are in there.

Regards,
Cor Kuin
Waterlandziekenhuis

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