Re: [BackupPC-users] backup virtual machine vmware

2023-01-11 Thread lu lu
hi thanks for the reply
Can you explain better what you mean?

thank you

Il giorno mer 11 gen 2023 alle ore 13:54 G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users <
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> Hi there,
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, lu lu wrote:
>
> > ... is it possible with backuppc to backup a complete virtual machine?
> > ...
>
> Yes, but it's pointless.  You may as well just make a copy.
>
> There are better ways to do what you want, for example you might look
> into snapshotting filesystems.
>
> --
>
> 73,
> Ged.
>
>
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Re: [BackupPC-users] backup virtual machine vmware

2023-01-11 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users

Hi there,

On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, lu lu wrote:


... is it possible with backuppc to backup a complete virtual machine?
...


Yes, but it's pointless.  You may as well just make a copy.

There are better ways to do what you want, for example you might look
into snapshotting filesystems.

--

73,
Ged.


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