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[Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices
2005-05-25 02:01:27
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Hi,
We've started to look at VMware, it seems like a nice platform.
Isn't enough just to backup the image file of each virtual machine?
Rgds,
Svein Ingve
At 07:28 25.05.2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We also backup VMWare, but we just use one agent per host. All VMs are
>suspended by script before being backed up. This is done using the
>bpstart_notify and bpend_notify scripts. These call a subscript which
>actually suspends the VMs. This method works fine and recoverability is good.
>
>We are investigating the option of installing a SAN Media server instance
>on each VMWare host. This would facilitate the host to backup directly to
>tape, using its own HBA instead of streaming the data to a Media Manager first.
>
>Kind regards,
>Kaspar Bosma
>System Enigeer
>
>
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>Van: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] Namens Conner, Mike
>Verzonden: dinsdag 24 mei 2005 20:27
>Aan: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Onderwerp: [Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices
>
>Just curious if anyone is backing up any instances of VMWare clients. We
>have been told by Veritas that we can purchase one agent to backup all
>instances. VMWare is saying that we will need a client for each virtual
>machine. Anyone with any experience here have any info?
>Thanks
>Mike
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Hi,<br><br>
We've started to look at VMware, it seems like a nice platform.<br><br>
Isn't enough just to backup the image file of each virtual
machine?<br><br>
<br>
Rgds,<br><br>
Svein Ingve<br><br>
At 07:28 25.05.2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2
color="#000080">Hi,<br>
<br>
We also backup VMWare, but we just use one agent per host. All VMs are
suspended by script before being backed up. This is done using the
bpstart_notify and bpend_notify scripts. These call a subscript which
actually suspends the VMs. This method works fine and recoverability is
good.<br>
<br>
We are investigating the option of installing a SAN Media server instance
on each VMWare host. This would facilitate the host to backup directly to
tape, using its own HBA instead of streaming the data to a Media Manager
first.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Kaspar Bosma<br>
System Enigeer<br>
<br>
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<font face="tahoma" size=2><b>Van:</b>
veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [<a
href="mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu"
eudora="autourl">mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</a>]
<b>Namens </b>Conner, Mike<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> dinsdag 24 mei 2005 20:27<br>
<b>Aan:</b> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices<br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2>Just curious if anyone is backing up any
instances of VMWare clients. We have been told by Veritas that we can
purchase one agent to backup all instances. VMWare is saying that we will
need a client for each virtual machine. Anyone with any experience here
have any info?<br>
Thanks<br>
Mike</font></blockquote></body>
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