Are you backing up SQL and /or Exchange and are you quiescing your snapshots?
Original Message: ----------------- From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:43 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: VMWare tools I've set up some backup scripts to make my own VCB backups. It was pretty painless. I'm by no means a script expert either. Sam -----Original Message----- From: mse...@ont.com [mailto:mse...@ont.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare tools Yes, all third party products use VCB, however, VCB by itself is a little more difficult to setup. The third party product eliminates having to do all of the custom scripting. Original Message: ----------------- From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:56:10 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: VMWare tools vRanger uses VCB. IIRC, all third party backup solutions for VM's require VCB. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM, mse...@ont.com <mse...@ont.com> wrote: > You can use VCB or third party backup solution such as vRanger. The > key is what are your backup needs and budget. VCB works in conjuction > with third party products to do full VMDK and file level backups. The > key is if you need your VM nees quiesed before snapshot. I believe VCB > alone may not do this. Plus with VCB alone you will have to setup backup scripts manually. > The best solution if your budget allows is a third party solution installed > on a backup proxy. > > Mike > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Bill Songstad bsongs...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:01:27 -0700 > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: VMWare tools > > > I've been using ESXi 3.5 for about six months and I have run up on a > need that is not covered in the free hypervisor. So, as any > industrious sole might, I went to the VMware website to see what > products might suit my needs. And Viola! There I discovered that the > marketing folks at VMware are sadists probably hired from the > microsoft licensing team. > > So what I am polling about here is this: What are the essential tools > for managing VMware virtual servers? > > What I need is pretty simple. I just want to make backups of my > servers that I can restore to a different host without shutting them > down or at the > very least by a script that I can run on Saturday nights. I don't > necessarily need to have vmotion especially since the products that include > it are more than my total server hardware budget. > > Are there less expensive tools from other publishers that I should > check out? The VMware stuff is a little outside my budget as far as I > can divine > from their website. > > Any advice is appreciated, > > Bill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
