Author: Michael Namaiandeh <mnamaiandeh AT healthcit DOT com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:37:21 -0400
Hi everyone, I have another question about Bacula. This time it’s regarding a vmware environment. I would like to have Bacula backup some VM’s that I have on ESX machines. I know this is
Author: Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:30:24 +0300
On 07.08.2012 18:37, Michael Namaiandeh wrote: Hi everyone, I have another question about Bacula. This time it’s regarding a vmware environment. I would like to have Bacula backup some VM’
Author: "Michael D. Wood" <mike AT itsecuritypros DOT org>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 16:52:18 -0400
Not the prettiest way…but this is how I backed up VM’s. I attached a backup device to a Windows VM and shared out backup directories I created. I edited fstab where Bacula Director daemon
Author: Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:04:00 +0300
On 07.08.2012 23:52, Michael D. Wood wrote: Not the prettiest way…but this is how I backed up VM’s. I attached a backup device to a Windows VM and shared out backup directories I created.
Author: "Michael D. Wood" <mike AT itsecuritypros DOT org>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:13:00 -0400
Yes. The shares are created on the Windows VM. The security permissions were changed to only allow administrator and bacula access. I then created entries in fstab on the Linux machine where bacula-d
Author: Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:30:51 +0300
So Bacula backs up the pure VMDK files, fully every time (as partial file backups are not supported)? -- Silver -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today'
Author: "Michael D. Wood" <mike AT itsecuritypros DOT org>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 04:57:59 -0400
No, I'm not backing up the pure vmdk files. I'm just backing up the critical directories on each VM. This is my home network, I'm not too worried about backing up the full vmdk file. If I have to eve
Author: Radosaw Korzeniewski <radoslaw AT korzeniewski DOT net>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:21:05 +0200
Hello, 2012/8/8 Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee> So Bacula backs up the pure VMDK files, fully every time (as partial file backups are not supported)? If you use a Bacula vSphere plugin th
Author: Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:30:11 +0300
On 08.08.2012 15:21, Radosaw Korzeniewski wrote: Hello, 2012/8/8 Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee> So Bacula backs up the pure VMDK files, fully every time (as partial file backups are not
Simpler, but there are advantages and disadvantages. For disaster recovery, backing up the image is ideal. But if you need to be able to restore just one file in a VM, then running bacula-fd in the V
Author: Radosaw Korzeniewski <radoslaw AT korzeniewski DOT net>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 16:39:13 +0200
Hello, 2012/8/8 Silver Salonen <silver AT serverock DOT ee> Ehh :) My question was about Michael's specific solution and how he has configured his backups. And he does not use vSphere plugin :P Sure,