as far as backups doesn't VMware automatically take snapshots of the VM machines images?
what exactly are you backing up to tape and how are you doing it?/third party software or is the backup builtin to VMware, because from what i understand the VMware software is capable of that
your 2 IBM servers are basically running 35-40 virtual servers and load balancing across the 2?
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by: jhyieslaPosted on 2009-09-03 at 13:19:02ID: 25254512
We use VMware ESX server in an enterprise environment. I have two big-boy IBM servers and a SANS array running about 35-40 servers. I started out with just one smaller IBM server and only 10-12 servers in the virtual environment. We have been very happy with this product. It's been stable and allowed us to be more nimble when we have to get a new server up and running quickly. The two servers allowed us to do the VMotion thing which has been great when doing updates to the ESX software. Currently I just use regular tape backup of the server environment as when I had physical servers. However, I am looking to integrate either the VMware backup solution or some third party for a better look at disaster recovery.
You can definitely do virtual desktops as well. We've only played with that a little since it doesn't buy us much in our current environment. But as we go forward and it becomes time to retire desktop machines, it may make more sense.
I would highly recommend looking at VMware and virtualization in general for your environment.