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Vmware backup practices
I'm fairly new to VMware, have been running Hyper-V since it was released but I am giving this a test run because it has USB support.
What are the best practices for backing up/restoring virtual machines? Can I simply backup the "virtual machines" folder that hosts all the virtual machines in the event my PC crashes and restore using that?
What are the best practices for backing up/restoring virtual machines? Can I simply backup the "virtual machines" folder that hosts all the virtual machines in the event my PC crashes and restore using that?
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I am running VMware Server 2 free edition, since I'm using it as a workstation/server
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Would this process be the same if I were to restore it to new hardware? Just install the VMware server service and copy the folder into the VM inventory?
Appreciate the help.
Appreciate the help.
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Excellent, thanks!
what about if you want to backup a VM while its running?? schedule them to backup to a network drive....like leaving a PC running and doing a backup....does the VMware have to be shutdown?? that kinda sux if it does
but the which vmware product you plan to use?
vmware server & workstation VMs are easier to backup becoz all the folders can be seen on the host OS, a normal backup will do
vmware esx/esxi, has couple of methods to backup, including using the latest vmware data recovery, vcb + your backup software, or via scp tool like veeam fastscp or just using the vi client to browse the datastore to download all the VMs
Cheers!