Isn't this more of a migration tool that a backup tool? Disk2VHD can only be used on the VM guests, not the host. It still would work like a backup agent within the VM, not at the host level.
ESX and Hyper-V each have a product to perform backups at the host level. (Preferred method in some ways) ESX: Consolidated Backup Hyper-V: DPM Sam -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare vs Hyper-V Quick question: Would you run Disk2vhd on each Hyper-V VM, or just hit the host? The whole host would be easier (less machines to backup) but I don't know if there would be some kind of problem with the imbeded VMs being snapshotted... Anybody try it? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:41:53 -0700 Subject: Re: VMWare vs Hyper-V > Awesome! Thanks for this. > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew S. Baker > [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 > 08:55:05 -0700 > Subject: Re: VMWare vs Hyper-V > > > > Look at Disk2VHD from SysInternals. > > > > > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting > > Technology for Business Advantage...* > > * * > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Matthew W. Ross > > <mr...@ephrataschools.org>wrote: > > > > > We choose Hyper-V because it is an excellent solution for no > > > additional fee. Also, 5 of my 6 servers may have been supported by > > > the free ESXi, > but > > > the last one wasn't supported for it's raid, forcing us to look > > > for a different solution. > > > > > > The one thing of Hyper-V I was not thrilled about was their (lack > > > of) > > built > > > in backup solution. The Windows backup in Server 2008 R2 is okay, > > > I > > guess... > > > but I do wish there was a better solution. Anybody have a > free/inexpensive > > > backup solution that will backup a live Hyper-V VM? I have a > > > server > > offsite > > > where I want to do a weekly VM image backup for disasters that my > > > file > > level > > > backup cannot handle. > > > > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Kennedy, Jim > > > [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > > > Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 > > > 06:47:39 -0700 > > > Subject: VMWare vs Hyper-V > > > > > > > > > > Probably a can of worms here but we have not done much > > > > virtualization > > but > > > > are about to get into it more. It will be pretty simple > virtualization, > > a > > > > couple of big boxes running 4 or 5 virtualized servers each. No > cluster > > > > failovers or anything like that. We dabbled in VMWare before > > > > Hyper-V > > > became > > > > mature but now I need to pick one and run with it. I am leaning > towards > > > > Hyper-V because it is included with our license and so far has > > > > been > > > pretty > > > > painless in testing. I found VMWare to be confusing with all the > > > different > > > > packages, licensing...upgrades and all that. I suspect it > > > > provides far > > > more > > > > flexibility but not knowing what that flexibility really is > > > > concerns > me. > > > > > > > > So thought I would ask the knowledgeable masses here if I am > > > > missing anything important. > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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
