I do the same thing, only I will do a graceful shutdown of the server before I take the snapshot. Call me paranoid, but I so some squirrelly things going on until I started doing it that way.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tanner Ezell Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:56 PM To: Tim Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] clone vs snapshot vs any better method?? Use snapshots. What the snapshot does is essentially mark where your server is currently, even capturing the memory at that moment. So after a snapshot is made, changes to the server are all logged. So what i typically do is install CUCM, snapshot after i verified the install and made sure it was working. Then, I will in the future as I lab off workbook one, snapshot after each lab session. So for instance, my snapshots would look like, Initial Install --> Lab1A --> Lab1B --> etc, etc So, if say you screw up during a lab or for whatever reason you want to revert back to before you started, you restore the snapshot, and continue on from the *exact* place you took it [the snapshot]. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Tim Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Have you tried using BARS or DRS? Again not sure on your CCM version. Cheers, Tim. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Joel Jose <[email protected]> wrote: i am so sick and tired with this... the main problem for which i thot vmware had a solution is still stinking me... how do i do a proper backup and restore?? i mena i have pub and sub... my pub had a db connectivity error(due to an abrupt power failure)...sub was fine... i had already cloned all my vmwares into another backupdir.. so i copied the pub clone and thot i was done... first of all.. the db wipes clean.. yeah..yeah..obviously.. but now i cant even find the sub as an available node for my cucm-group.. however all sub configurations can be changed and is reflected on the pub gui itself... yes i have cross checked the serviceablity for both nodes and thats fine.... my backup strat is pretty boring i know.. i still havent figured what the snapshots do... if anyone can suggest a better way to backup my servers it would be great.. my head is spinning on the thoughts of a cucm reinstall from dvd... even a quadcore q9550 with 8gb ram has its limits on sluggish algorithms(redhat-cisco-installation-scripts) u see ;( . -- "it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." Abraham Lincoln _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
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