"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 08/07/2006 10:20:08 AM: > Backing up virtual machine by backing up their file system is (not > only in my opinion) generally dangerous - data is not consistent. > > We use tivoli client on ESX server (by the way - still 2.5.3p1) AND > tivoli clients on each virtual machine. This guarantee REAL > consistence of data in virtualization machine (ESX) and in virtual > environment.
Please check the VMWare ESX documentation. There is an approved way to suspend (not stop) a given VM so that a backup can be made of the file containing the VM with the TSM client installed on the host OS. The process can be worked into PRESCHEDCMD and POSTSCHEDCMD so that consistent images can be backed up. There are also third-party packages that do the same thing, only with more bells and whistles. -- Mark Stapleton US Bank Backup and Recovery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==============================================================================