Hi Ashok, Ashok Sudarsanam wrote: > Given that there is no way to invoke the vmsync driver from a snapshot > request, I was wondering whether there is any other way to invoke this driver > on a Linux VM? For instance, the open-vm-tools web-site says this about > vmsync: "It is used by the "vmbackup" vmtoolsd plugin, so ideally it should > be loaded prior to starting that service, although it is not required." > > Is this still accurate, and if so, how do I go about building, installing, > and running the 'vmbackup' program?
The "vmbackup" plugin is just part of the Tools service, it's not a program you can execute by itself. It's there to respond to requests made by the VMware software running on the host (in this case, respond to messages related to backup operations). Given what I mentioned before about these operations being disabled on the host for non-Windows VMs, the vmbackup plugin sort of falls in the same "currently not very useful" category as the vmsync driver itself... -- - Marcelo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
