Backup vSphere virtual machines without snapshot( i have no room for snapshots)
My VMSphere storage is nearly full, I have tried numerous backup programs with no luck. I have old storage that is like walking in hip deep mud. Migrating to that would take more than a weekend, the current storage is iscsi connected and I don't know how to install more storage.I need to back It up so can convert it to hyper-v
Any help is appreciated.
Any help is appreciated.
Why don't start using Veeam backup & replication? It is a great product to backup VMs.
@Zacharia Kurian - It uses the vSphere Storage API (which uses Snapshots to backup the VM!)
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That suits my situation perfectly, thanks guy's
I need to back It up so can convert it to hyper-v
Any help is appreciated.
This does not require any additional storage!
How are you converting your VMware vSphere VMs to Hyper-V ?
1. Do you have a additional datastore, you could relocate the snapshot to? So backups can commence?
see my EE Articles
HOW TO: Convert and Migrate virtual machines and disks to Hyper-V and Windows Azure
HOW TO: Backup (Export) and Restore (Import) virtual machines to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 for FREE