Author: gshergill <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:53:49 -0700
Hi BackupPC community, I was wondering if there is a functionality to allow someone to back up their box running VSphere (as an OS). Ideally, I would run one command and it would sequentially back up
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:31:06 -0500
No, not only does it not have any special facility to deal with the VM host (other than generic ssh commands), the large VM image files would always have changes that would prevent backuppc's pooling
Author: gshergill <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:43:49 -0700
Hi Les Mikesell, == No, not only does it not have any special facility to deal with the VM host (other than generic ssh commands), the large VM image files would always have changes that would preven
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:00:27 -0500
You can run backups directly from each guest just like you would from standalone machines. There just aren't any tools that interact with the VMware hosts to access the VM image files and even if you
Author: gshergill <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:05:14 -0700
Hi Les Mikesell, Thanks for the response, I found VMWare Script can do the functionality I require. Thank you for your help. Kind Regards, gshergill +-- +-- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclus
I'm running ESXi5 Free and use the GhettoVCB scripts to back up my VMs. Maybe this will work for you as well: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760 Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would