Re: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware?

2009-03-26 Thread Jamie Lokier
Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I am working a couple of days now with monolithic files and I keep > hitting io time outs on large vmdk's while the line (IPSec tunnel) stays > online. I don't know if it's relevant, but rsync can be extremely slow at transmitting larg

RE: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware?

2009-03-24 Thread Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer
24 02:13:37 [20518] 2009/03/24 02:13:37 [20518] building file list 2009/03/24 04:52:43 [20518] mailto:m...@mattmccutchen.net] Verzonden: woensdag 18 maart 2009 16:52 Aan: Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer CC: rsync@lists.samba.org Onderwerp: Re: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .v

RE: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware?

2009-03-18 Thread Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer
t- Van: Matt McCutchen [mailto:m...@mattmccutchen.net] Verzonden: woensdag 18 maart 2009 16:52 Aan: Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer CC: rsync@lists.samba.org Onderwerp: Re: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware? On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 09:02 +0100, Bas Bahlma

Re: Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware?

2009-03-18 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 09:02 +0100, Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer wrote: > - I am making a local copy with vmware-vdiskmanager to an USB > disk in the split “thin-disk” format of the vmdk’s > > - Then I start rsync to our datacenter to replicate the split > “thin-disk” vmd

Is it possible to make rsync VMware split .vmdk's aware?

2009-03-18 Thread Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer
Hi, I am using rsync for my customers to have disaster recovery off-site with files from a VMware Server (under Linux). All works very well, but when I defragment the VM's (once a week) or Exchange defragments it's datastore the disk layout changes offcourse and sometimes a lot. What do I d