Backing up a vmware workstation
I use a virtual machine for PLC programming. I want to keep a full image backup of this machine in case something happens. Currently I backup the VMDK files using automated backup software and it takes forever due to the size.
What could I do to keep a fairly up to date backup without coping over 90gb of vmdk files 4gb in size that each seem to change so the backup software recopies them. If I did smaller VMDK files would some of them not change every day? What other options are there?
What could I do to keep a fairly up to date backup without coping over 90gb of vmdk files 4gb in size that each seem to change so the backup software recopies them. If I did smaller VMDK files would some of them not change every day? What other options are there?
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There is ONLY one true backup product that I'm aware of which supports VMware Workstation, which is a developers, Desktop software, called Backup Chain.
http://backupchain.com/en/vmware-backup/
Other options are to evaluate and see if Backup Chain works for you, and then consider using VMware vSphere (ESXI) which will allow you to use Change Block Tracking, which is Backup ONLY the blocks which have changed, but this is going to require some budget!