On Wednesday 25 May 2005 17:23, Steve Schaub wrote: > All, > > My team & I would be interested in speaking with anyone who has been > successful in using TSM to backup/restore what the database folks would > call a "hot" backup of VMWare guest machines (i.e. backing up the .vmdk > files while the guest is in redo mode). > > We have run several test backup/restores, some less successful than others. > We are using ESX 2.5 currently. Me too.
> If you have gotten this to work consistantly and would be willing to share > your experience, please email me directly: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a backup script that's working fine for me. It is based on a backup script of vmware, but without the bugs :). And trust me, there are a lot of them. My script is "smart" enough to only add a redo when i'ts needed. If you add too much redo logs or you try to remove a redo log that's not there, your vmware image halts and asks for user input. Mail me if you are intersted. I can mail the backup script, but I have to clean it up first. I still have to do a test restore, but I don't think that that will be a problem. The images that I backup are not that hugh (a few gig each). Stef
