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We currently have one esx4 server with 3 vm's on it. We have a second server running vranger with 2tb of data on it with a tape drive conntected to it. My question is what are some recommendations on backup. We currently do a full backup of each vm per night and then run a tape backup as well. my issues is that after about a week or so the drive itself is full and i have to manual go in and delete some of the vranger backups. is there away to have this done automatically?<br />

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We currently have one esx4 server with 3 vm's on it. We have a second server running vranger with 2tb of data on it with a tape drive conntected to it. My question is what are some recommendations on backup. We currently do a full backup of each vm per night and then run a tape backup as well. my issues is that after about a week or so the drive itself is full and i have to manual go in and delete some of the vranger backups. is there away to have this done automatically?


VMware Vranger Backup Plan

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.