Re: esx5i backup best practise for remote locations

Thanks yes we do NOT  use vmware view ...this is a question for plain esx5i  backup from primary appliance to be restored to an appliance  which is shipped later

1. Where do you store your VMs? On disk attached to the ESXi server, or on shared storage?

>>>Direct attach storage to esxi server

1. Do you currently have a backup solution in place such as vSphere Data Protection or Veeam Backup?

>> no back up

1. What do you require from your backup? Do you just need the VMs to be restored or is there anything else?

>> Objective of this query is to restore the esxi with all its networking and configs  firstly

1. Are your remote locations connected back to your centralized locations or are they isolated, as in do they have any network connection back to the main location?

>>>They have connecitons back to centralized locations

1. How do you currently provision your ESXi hosts? Manually, unattended install, stateful Auto Deploy, or other?

>>>>Manually ...

Thanks!