Hello Jonathan, I found in the vmware documenation that there is a command line tool that you can use to start/stop single VMs: vmware-cmd Have a look at this link pointing to the VMware docs:
http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/admin/manage_vmbackup_onhost_gsx.html#1002716 I haven't done this, but maybe this is useful for you? Dirk Jonathan Dumaresq wrote: >> As far as I know, when the VMware tools are properly installed on the >> guest operating system, if you shut down the vmware server the guest >> systems are shut down gracefully before the server exits. You can >> configure this in the VM settings (Power Options or so). >> So before backing up, you could just stop vmware server and start it >> again afterwards. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dirk >> > I'll like more suspend 1 server at the time. It will be down a shorter > time. > > Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
