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Esxi 4.1 backup and restore
Hi ,
am going to perform some activity on my esxi host..may be there will be any issue after this.
so just to make sure in case any issues am ready with backup to get thsi host up agagin with earlier config.
please advcie best way to get the host backup and how i can get the host back form backup with minimal downtime ?
is there any utility/commnd line we can use for this and any other requirement ?
am going to perform some activity on my esxi host..may be there will be any issue after this.
so just to make sure in case any issues am ready with backup to get thsi host up agagin with earlier config.
please advcie best way to get the host backup and how i can get the host back form backup with minimal downtime ?
is there any utility/commnd line we can use for this and any other requirement ?
What kind of problems are you expecting? you can shut off all VMs and copy their files off the datastore. this would create a copy of the VMs.
are you booting the host from a flash device. just back that up to another flash device and test it to make sure it boots. there is software available like veeam also
if you're backing up a flash device make sure you use a utility that is able to back it up so that it stays bootable. i'll get you a link to one
if you're backing up a flash device make sure you use a utility that is able to back it up so that it stays bootable. i'll get you a link to one
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The easiest way is to restore from scratch using ESXi installer.
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here am looking for my esxi host backup only,vms ll be moved to another host in cluster
so in case any failure with host,how soon can we get thsi back with earlier config?
so in case any failure with host,how soon can we get thsi back with earlier config?
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Thanks