Is wbadmin what you're referring to? http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2009/11/setting-up-windows-server-backup-on-hyper-v-server-2008-r2/
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a fix that I would have to go looking for again but it used the > built-in backup on the host to do the entire machine host and vms all live. > I had 6 VM's running on a Dell 2950. Total on box about 1.3 GB and it would > take about 2 to 4 hours to do the full image backups and the VMs stayed > live. Load tested by accident during working hours and I had no complaints > from the users. > > Jon > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Matthew W. Ross < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We choose Hyper-V because it is an excellent solution for no additional >> fee. Also, 5 of my 6 servers may have been supported by the free ESXi, but >> the last one wasn't supported for it's raid, forcing us to look for a >> different solution. >> >> The one thing of Hyper-V I was not thrilled about was their (lack of) >> built in backup solution. The Windows backup in Server 2008 R2 is okay, I >> guess... but I do wish there was a better solution. Anybody have a >> free/inexpensive backup solution that will backup a live Hyper-V VM? I have >> a server offsite where I want to do a weekly VM image backup for disasters >> that my file level backup cannot handle. >> >> >> --Matt Ross >> Ephrata School District >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kennedy, Jim >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 >> 06:47:39 -0700 >> Subject: VMWare vs Hyper-V >> >> >> > Probably a can of worms here but we have not done much virtualization >> but >> > are about to get into it more. It will be pretty simple virtualization, >> a >> > couple of big boxes running 4 or 5 virtualized servers each. No cluster >> > failovers or anything like that. We dabbled in VMWare before Hyper-V >> became >> > mature but now I need to pick one and run with it. I am leaning towards >> > Hyper-V because it is included with our license and so far has been >> pretty >> > painless in testing. I found VMWare to be confusing with all the >> different >> > packages, licensing...upgrades and all that. I suspect it provides far >> more >> > flexibility but not knowing what that flexibility really is concerns me. >> > >> > So thought I would ask the knowledgeable masses here if I am missing >> > anything important. >> > >> > TIA >> > >> > ~ 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 >> > >> > >> >> ~ 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 >> >> > ~ 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 > ~ 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
