Backups via VMware are fantastic, but VMware has limitations on their API, so backup software companies can't use those API's to backup the free version of ESXi. I use Veeam Backup and it is fantastic. Veeam even has a free version (which basically has all the features, except scheduling.) Unfortunately, it will only work with a licensed version of ESXi because of the terms with VMware.
There are a few alternatives, supposedly. Here is a thread that talks about some of them: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/435152 Chris On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Another project I need to work on is osTicket. This is an open source work > order system which would be great for both my department and our > maintenance department. The problem here is that their documentation is > sketchy (and I think intentionally so to sell their support services). > osTicket simply requires a LAMP setup to run and I somehow stumbled my way > through that to give ourselves a sandbox for practice. Here are some > questions I have. > > > 1. I set this up on a virtual server with VMware. My experience is > limited here too. What's a good set of numbers for allocating hard drive > space and RAM for this server? Also, what is thin provisioning and should I > use it? > 2. Backups are important. I see where VMware allows me to take a > snapshot of the server and would think this would be the simplest way to > run backups. We are using the free version of VMware so does that mean I do > not have the ability to automate snapshots? > 3. If I cannot automate snapshots how do you backup the mySQL database > and then restore it if the need arises? > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
