Craig Holyoak <cholyoak AT redlands.qld.edu DOT au> wrote:
>
> Given VMware's recent announcement to end support for
> VCB in favour of the new vStorage APIs (specifically,
> VADP), does anyone have any plans for integrating Bacula
> with these APIs? Integration could either be a drop in
> replacement program to do the same work as vcbMounter,
> or even a new FD plugin, giving native support from
> within Bacula.
Native VMware ESX backup support in Bacula has never
been attempted that I have ever seen. I only subscribe
to digests on this list, but was expecting a huge
discussion the day that VMware sent out their scary
notification e-mail about deprecating VCB. Maybe I missed
something, because it has been weeks and yours is the first
mention that I've seen.
I'm having a hard time visualizing how this can be
done within the current Bacula architecture. Where do
you run the File Daemon? Not everyone has a Windows-based
vSphere management server. For that matter, ESXi users
don't even have a Linux-based ESX service console to run
the FD in if I recall correctly! This is the point where
my head starts hurting, even though I'd love to see native
Bacula support for raw virtual disk backups/restores for
VMware VM's.
> I'd welcome any ideas or feedback,
The only feedback that I can offer is that I would
also like to see Bacula do native VMware backups...if
it makes sense. Given the lack of uproar from the
VMware e-mail, demand for this support may be limited
to just a few of us. (Even smaller group than for the
Exchange plugin?) Unfortunately, I do not have any
funding, programming resources, or skills to throw at
such an endeavor.....
-Arthur
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