VM:Backup does support backup of minidisks for Linux servers, but it only backs them up in physical format, not file-level format. It's like DDR, but more efficient.
I'm not the owner of VM:Backup on our machines, but it's my understanding that if any data on any minidisk changes, then an incremental backup will re-backup the entire minidisk. For large servers or large numbers of servers, backup times can be long enough to run into production shift. "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice." -Motto of the Darwin Society Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. (425) 865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Hodge, Leslie K > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Backup/Restore Strategy and Product Query > > I am trying to determine if our current use of CA VM:Backup will > sufficiently support the backup of minidisks owned by Linux virtual > servers. > Is anybody out there using VM:Backup for Linux virtual server minidisk? > If > so, what are positives/negatives? Also has anybody heard of any > enhancement > rumors for VM:Backup to support incremental backups on a file basis (as > opposed to a track basis)? > > Thanks. > > Les > > > > > Les Hodge > > Advisory Development Engineer > > Systems and Technology Analysis > > 1 StorageTek Drive > > Louisville, CO 80028-2201 > > * 303-673-4610 > > *303-994-9679 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > StorageTek > > INFORMATION made POWERFUL > > > > > >
