[flexbackup-help] help with VMware images backup

[Michael P. <me...@gm...>]

Hi all-

Just got the debianized version of flexbackup working and am
experimenting around a bit with things so pardon the dust :)  I am
running debian unstable here with a 2.6.7 kernel, adaptec 2940 Ultra/W
controller and a seagate cheetah 10k 150g scsi drive.

I have a few questions about pruning and excluding various directories
or files.  I have vmware installed on my desktop and laptop and would
like to get the vmdk file backed up but its running at about 4g now
and I get messages like this in the session:

afio: "mperry/vmware/Windows XP Professional.vmdk": Cannot create
cpio-compatible file header for this input
afio: "-" [offset 1650m+418k+425]: Continuing, archive will not be
fully compatible with cpio or afio versions 2.4.7 and lower

I tried adding the directory vmware to the prune directory list but it
still seems to go there and the backup fails with an error about the
size of the vmdk file. Since the vmkd file in vmware is the entire
virtual filesystem and disk, its kinda important to me to get this
backed up.  How do others deal with vmware image files or other files
which run about 4g in size?

I can exclude the vmware directory from my backup set; but an easier
way would be to simply exclude the vmdk file or to perhaps use another
tool to write the image file to tape.

BTW, I am using flexbackup with a Ecrix VXA-1 external scsi tape drive.
-- 
Michael Perry
me...@gm...