From: therebel <the...@gm...> - 2007-09-07 18:59:39
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Sorry commands are : PRE vmrun pause /path/to/virtualmachine/vmx/file.vmx POST vmrun start /path/to/virtualmachine/vmx/file.vmx 2007/9/7, therebel <the...@gm...>: > > If you want a consistant backup, a not expansive method is to use pre and > post command : > > PRE > vmrun stop /path/to/virtualmachine/vmx/file.vmx pause > > Do backup > > POST > vmrun stop /path/to/virtualmachine/vmx/file.vmx start > > In this way backup will be OK. But server will not be up during backup .. > > Marc > > 2007/9/7, Stephen Zemlicka <ste...@gm... >: > > > > I like the idea of backing up the vmware image. That way you have very > > little restore time. Just copy and you're up and running. No reconfig > > necessary. If you use rsync, shouldn't it just copy the changed data? I > > understand files on the image might move around but majority should stay > > the > > same and therefore the data wouldn't have to be copied for each backup. > > > > _____________________________ > > Stephen Zemlicka > > Integrated Computer Technologies > > PH. 608-558-5926 > > E-Mail ste...@gm... > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bac...@li... > > [mailto:bac...@li... ] On Behalf Of Carl > > Wilhelm Soderstrom > > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:43 AM > > To: bac...@li... > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup VM > > > > On 09/07 11:36 , Jonathan Dumaresq wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I start playing with VMware-server. I want to be able to backup the VM > > > image with backuppc. I would like to know also if someone here have > > > already deal with this ? > > > > Best thing to do is to just set up backups of each of the VMs as if they > > were independent boxes. that way you won't be backing up the VM image, > > which > > is a giant monolithic file which is constantly changing. > > > > don't back up the vmware disk images, unless there's no other way to do > > it. > > > > -- > > Carl Soderstrom > > Systems Administrator > > Real-Time Enterprises > > www.real-time.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > Bac...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > Bac...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > |