On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Benny Pedersen <m...@junc.eu> wrote: > Mark Knecht skrev den 2013-06-19 20:59: > > >> mark@c2RAID6 ~ $ cat ./DoBackups >> mount /backups >> rsync -avx /VirtualMachines/VMWare/. /backups/VMWare > > > is not possible to make native vmware backup in blocklevel ?, or is file > level backup needed ? >
Possibly, and it's sensible that Virtualbox & VMWare would provide some mechanisms to do that, but then I'd have to back up a bunch of different VMs using different tools, and that would only get the VMs and not the other files on the old RAID. <SNIP> >> rsync -avx /home/. /backups/home > > > this would make a tarball instaed ? > No, it's not a tarball, it's just a copy of the file system structure that existed on the old RAID/ <SNIP> > > its possible to make filelevel backups to nas disks like qnap i have here > with have rsync client/server, but if you more liked to migrade to another > vmware/virtualbox then rsync is not the best option for backups > OK, I'm not sure I'm understanding you but I'm not trying to migrate from one version fo VBox or VMWare to another. I'm only trying to reduce the number of RAIDs on a single set of drives. The RAID6 that has / is being enlarged and then the copied data will be added onto that array in the same locations (/VirtualMachines) instead of mounting a second RAID under /VirtualMachine. There is no migration going on in terms of executable versions. > >> When the RAID comes back up I want to reverse and copy back from >> USB drive to the /VirtualMachines directory. > > > will not create the virtualbox/vmware setup, if thats not needed then ok I guess I agree. It won't 'create' it because it's already there. In fact I mounted the USB backup drive at /VirtualMachines and ran the VMs from the USB drive as a test that it was working before I removed the old RAID. I expect that when I rsync the USB backup back to /VirtualMachines on the new, larger / RAID6 it will continue to work. Thanks for the comments. Cheers, Mark
