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It is much better to use a VMware Backup aware Application - Veeam Backup is one application, but there are others.<br />
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see my EE Article<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/VMware/A_18442.html" rel="ugc">12 commercial software backup products for VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) you should be evaluating today</a>
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It is much better to use a VMware Backup aware Application - Veeam Backup is one application, but there are others.

see my EE Article

12 commercial software backup products for VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) you should be evaluating today [https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/VMware/A_18442.html]

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Thank you for the link. I will read it and look into them.
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Thank you for the link. I will read it and look into them.

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no problems, let me know, if you require any further assistance, or recommendations.
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no problems, let me know, if you require any further assistance, or recommendations.

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I use VMWare Essentials with 2 Physical nodes (1 socket each). What backup tool would you suggest that is not high priced? Or is there even reliable free products?<br />
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I have looked at the Veem Backup &amp;&nbsp;Restore which has a free version. But it does not support scheduled backups.
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I use VMWare Essentials with 2 Physical nodes (1 socket each). What backup tool would you suggest that is not high priced? Or is there even reliable free products?

I have looked at the Veem Backup & Restore which has a free version. But it does not support scheduled backups.

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Thanks for the Unitrends tip! 1 TB is more than enough for my environment. I will test it out.<br />
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Will close this question and reopen a new one if I have more specific questions.
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Thanks for the Unitrends tip! 1 TB is more than enough for my environment. I will test it out.

Will close this question and reopen a new one if I have more specific questions.

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I am using a Qnap TurboNas as a NFS datastore for an ESX environment. I would like to backup my Qnap onto a WD LiveBook. Would it be sufficient to backup the datastore folders? Or is it better to use a VMware backup solution such as Veem Backup?
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I am using a Qnap TurboNas as a NFS datastore for an ESX environment. I would like to backup my Qnap onto a WD LiveBook. Would it be sufficient to backup the datastore folders? Or is it better to use a VMware backup solution such as Veem Backup?

Backup Qnap NAS

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.