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Do I need to backup the database on the vCenter Server?
Posted on 2014-02-18
Two Hosts running VMWare Essentials Plus, with VMs on a shared SAN.
We purchased two Symantec Backup Exec 2012, Agent for VMware and Hyper-V -Essential licenses for backing up VM's on the two hosts.
Do we also need to buy Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Agent for Applications and Databases Win - Essential to backup the vCenter database?
My thinking is "no, we don't", since that database is not going to change that often and we will have a backup of the entire vCenter VM.
But I would like to be sure, so I'm asking for opinions here.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions regarding this.
We purchased two Symantec Backup Exec 2012, Agent for VMware and Hyper-V -Essential licenses for backing up VM's on the two hosts.
Do we also need to buy Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Agent for Applications and Databases Win - Essential to backup the vCenter database?
My thinking is "no, we don't", since that database is not going to change that often and we will have a backup of the entire vCenter VM.
But I would like to be sure, so I'm asking for opinions here.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions regarding this.
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Backup the database. If you can why not? There is historical performance data in the database as well as config data.
The reason I'm asking is that if I have a backup of the VM then I have a backup of the database and I want Symantec Backup Exec VMWare agent no matter what but I don't want Application and Database agent if I don't really need it.
If I can restore the VM from backup, why do I need the database separately backed up?
Just trying to save a little money here.
If I can restore the VM from backup, why do I need the database separately backed up?
Just trying to save a little money here.
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