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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of VM images

2011-06-06 07:20:56
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of VM images
From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 06:19:37 -0500
On 06/04 01:09 , Adam Goryachev wrote:
> If you are really stuck to backup images, and very large ones, with
> large amounts of changes, then you may simply need to look for a
> different tool. Backuppc may not do what you need (at least not yet)...

VMWare ESX has a tool for doing backups of whole images (or even file-level
access to images) that it is running.

http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/cb_overview.html
http://www.petri.co.il/frequently-asked-questions-about-vmware-esx-vcb-faq.htm

Of course, this presumes you're running ESX.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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