Dunno if I'm the right Mike, but... I use: vmrun start <path to .vmx file>
If you're talking about starting a backup from another server, I make sure the VMs are set to "Always Keep". You'll get the prompt the first time you run a VM for the first time in a new host using the vmware gui console. --- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- From: Rommel Asibal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 15:47:05 Subject: Re: [plug] VMware Image Backup Mike, I'm assuming you run vmware-cmd to start up the virtual machines after they have been backed up? How did you get past the error message that says user intervention is required and the VM cannot start up? (VMControl error -16: Virtual machine requires user input to continue) can i ask what command you used? i tried a bunch of different ways and it wont work for me... or is there a setting that you need to set on your vmware image? On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Michael Mondragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Mike, thanks for the response. Actually that's what I have right now. But I'm looking for further implementation aside from this. Thanks, Mike On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you mean doing the backup while the VM's are running? I'd be interested > in it as well. > > What I do currently is on a set time all VMs are powered down and a backup > script runs under the host OS that either tar.gzips all folder under > /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines or cp/scp them somewhere. > > > --- mike t. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Michael Mondragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 13:03:31 >> Subject: [plug] VMware Image Backup >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> Greetings! >> >> I'd like to ask if there's any open-source software to use in backing >> up of VMware Images. I have six VMservers and I will setup a backup >> server to put all our images in place. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> MikeM™ >> B958 D054 C841 8B42 BCD5 >> 443E 5B9A 0FAE BDF7 EA35 >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- MikeM™ B958 D054 C841 8B42 BCD5 443E 5B9A 0FAE BDF7 EA35 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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