Backup/Replication Solution for VMWare
I am in a VMWare environment with the need to backup about 8 VM's on 2 hosts. I want to do email level restores from Exchange 2010. I am clustered and running files and data on shared drives. Using Dell EQ for San storage with iSCSI
I am currently using i365 and EVault for local backups and replicate offsite to Salt Lake.
We now have an office in another city so what I would like to be able to do is do local backups to disk- replicate offsite to an environment where I can fire up my VM's at that location as my DR solution.
I have looked at Veeam but your data must all be inside the VM's with them.
I want to add snap shots to my current plan as well so I need an all encompassing solution.
Any and all input Welcome
I am currently using i365 and EVault for local backups and replicate offsite to Salt Lake.
We now have an office in another city so what I would like to be able to do is do local backups to disk- replicate offsite to an environment where I can fire up my VM's at that location as my DR solution.
I have looked at Veeam but your data must all be inside the VM's with them.
I want to add snap shots to my current plan as well so I need an all encompassing solution.
Any and all input Welcome
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So, your data is not contained with a VMDK?
are you using the iSCSI client within Windows to get to the Exchange store or using a mapped network drive?
VM backup software is targeted to backup the VM's at the datastore level, so if you are accessing a shared drive through iSCSI or a network mapped drive within the guest OS then it is understandable that a VM backup software wouldn't be able to back up that data.
VM backup software is targeted to backup the VM's at the datastore level, so if you are accessing a shared drive through iSCSI or a network mapped drive within the guest OS then it is understandable that a VM backup software wouldn't be able to back up that data.
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I would have one vmdk that would be over 1 TB if my data was inside VM- why would I want to tie my hands that way- shared drives via iscsi and I backing up successfully now but the replication part is not supported out side one of i365 facilaties- I want to take that back.
I think you will have to investigate Symantec products that cross over between the physical and virtual or SAN related options.
what do you consider limited or "hands tied"?
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having data tied to one vm-
having large vmdk's
How do you cluster?
having large vmdk's
How do you cluster?
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my case management program/database and corresponding files alone would creat a 1.2 TB vmdk
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But nevertheless- it will not work with shared drives outside a VM