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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

Yes, we have the license version of ESXI 5.1.

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

Okay, so the OVF option will allow me to store this file anywhere I want for safety, correct? Another word, it's not store within the same physical server that ESXI is installed, right?

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

Correct, when using the vSphere Client to export the OVF you will save to the local filesystem from where the vSphere Client is being run.

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

So, another word, I can't put this file somewhere else? How is this useful if the physical server failed?

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

No, it would be the local filesystem of the Windows box that the vSphere Client is running on. It would be away from the local ESXi filesystem for sure.

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

I see. Well, I guess for now, a manual process is fine -- better than having nothing. Okay, so for the restore, what steps do I need to take after installing ESXI hypervisor and vSphere Client? Many...

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VADP and Using NFS?

So I am new to VDP and have a few questions related to using NFS.  The environment that we are working with was an old VDR environment that was using NFS and a NAS only storage array.  While reading...

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

For the restore, you would also use the vSphere Client from the system where the export is saved. File -> Deploy OVF Template and follow the wizard.

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

Thank so much for all the help. I think that resolves my issue at the moment.

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Re: How to make full guest OS backup?

No problem! Good Luck!

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Re: VDR cannot create a snapshot

We've tired vmotion VM server between different hosts, SVmotion and renamed the CTK(change block tracking) file for the VM, but the issue persist. Are there any other troubleshooting steps we can...

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Re: Not seeing VDP plugin on web client

Lauren, I recently had the same kind of issue. Mine was basically that vDP just disappeared on a reboot. I'm not sure if the instructions would be the same, but I've written up a blog post about it...

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Re: Virtual Machine backup and recovery.

Hi Cert113,Another great Backup & Replication product on the market today is PHD Virtual.  I've been using them for over a year now and they've worked great for me.  I started looking at them as a...

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VMworld 2013 Announcement - Free Backup for Free ESXi

At VMWorld 2013 on Aug. 28,  Unitrends announced a new and improved free edition of its Unitrends Enterprise Backup software for up to four virtual machines that runs on the unlicensed -- free--...

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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi

There is also a soloution from Veeam -> Veeam Backup Free Edition for VMware and Hyper-V VMs (VeeamZIP)

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Re: Veeam Nightmare

Veeam is an awesome product for 100% virtualized environment, but there's certainly a trade-off when you throw a physical server in the mix and have to manage multiple solutions. Have you checked out...

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Convert Physical server with 4TB of storage to VM

        VmWare 4.1 with Vcenter I am trying to wrap my head around how to convert a physical server (2008R2) to a VM. The server is a file server with 4 TB of storage on an IBM XIV SAN (Fibre).I...

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Re: Convert Physical server with 4TB of storage to VM

I'm afraid that won't work. RDMs larger than 2TB are only supported in physical (pass-through) mode with ESXi 5.0 or later, and a guest iSCSI initiator to access the LUN this way isn't an option with...

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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi

Way to bump a seven month old thread to advertise your own product BackupGal. Now that time you've made six such posts in the first few hours of signing up - well I tend to consider spam a significant...

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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi

Josh26 wrote: Way to bump a seven month old thread to advertise your own product BackupGal. Now that time you've made six such posts in the first few hours of signing up - well I tend to consider spam...

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