I backup the virtual machines from within themselves. Backing up vhd's is easily doable, but DR using backed up vhd's is scary with AD, SQL, and Exchange*. And will be even more so with other server roles in Win8. So... there be a method to my madness.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com * Can you say "USN rollback", or "SN rollback", or anything similar? ... I knew you could. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I backup the root of all my VMs to a NAS and then backup each VM to the NAS. Do you backup the virtual disk files themselves (running the backup on the root/host), or do you backup the files from within the guest (as if the guest was just another network node)? The later is the direction I'm leaning in -- it's how we do things with our physical servers anyway. But it seems like backing up the virtual disk files would also be useful, for recovery from OS corruption, disaster scenarios, etc. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
