If my WBadmin you mean native Windows 2008 backup, I use effectively that to back up my VM's. I use a product called BackupAssist which is basically a more flexible front-end. I point the files to an eSATA RAID attached to the same machine and a NAS that's in a different building.
-----Original Message----- From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:jayku...@csi.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? After reading numerous articles, it seems to me that there may be 5 ways of backing up a Microsoft VM: 1. Doing an on-line backup using a VSS-aware software like Microsoft's SCVMM or Altaro, etc. 2. Doing an on-line backup from the host machine, of all VMs, of all critical disks, using built-in WBadmin. (Many conditions must be met for this to work, but they are doable in most cases.) 3. Saving the VM (not quite stopping it, but neither is VM on-line; perhaps we can think that VM is in sleep mode.) 4. Exporting a VM after stopping it. 5. Copying VHD file (along with XML & BIN files?) after stopping it. Where am I wrong here? May be some of these methods should not be characterized as backups. Of the valid methods, which is most reliable and which is most easy to accomplish? Thanks. Jay Kulsh So. Pasadena, CA 93063 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
