if only 1 Guest, and if you have spare BE agent license, I would just throw the agent on the guest and back it up directly. Don't really ever need to backup the host. (Assuming all the host does is VMware Server). BE agents on the host can't backup guests out of the box. But they can, if you get creative and start sceduling/scripting snapshots/suspends. Worth investigating once you start getting more Guests running on one hosts.
________________________________ From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Exec 12 & VMs Okay, I've just deployed my first VM using VMware Server - a non-essential server so I could get a feel for the process - and it's running well. Now... what do I need to do to back up this and any future machines with Backup Exec? Does the host BE agent cover the guests or do I need to place an agent on each? Or is that only necessary if I wish to restore files/folders within the VM? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _____ "All new": Parts not interchangeable with previous model. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
