I use cron scripts with dump, lvm snapshots, and a script to do SQL database dumps. I would have to recreate the VM after a disaster, but that is pretty straight forward. The dump is sent to a staging area (scratch hard drive), where all dumps are written nightly to an LTO-4 drive.
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Becker, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > Saad, > Restoring the whole VM might actually take more time than time than > reinstalling from CD and restoring config from backup. > > We mount a cifs/smb share to /media/backups. We then create a symlink from > the SipX backup directory to the /media/backups directory. This allows us to > use the built in backup but have the files saved onto a different host. > > Backing up your whole machine will most likely require an expensive > enterprise product like backup exec. Keep in mind that your virtual machines > HDD file will be in a constant state of change while running. So you will > need a backup solution that can trigger vmware's snapshot/save state > technology while initiating the backup. > > Jes > > On May 26, 2012 12:03 PM, "S.K.- G" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you Mike, >> >> What I am trying to achieve is to find a tested way to backup a SIPX >> instance on the VM server .. That should backup everything like SIPX >> software and config, something like the Ghost software that can capture a >> backup image of the running SIPX instance on the VMware. In case anything >> went wrong then we can just restore from this saved image to create a new >> instance that is identical to the corrupted one .. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Saad >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Picher >> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:43 AM >> To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software >> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] SIPX Backup >> >> >> >> All you need to make sure you do is setup backup in the GUI to run once a >> day. >> >> >> >> if you want to get the complete backup off that machine create a cron job >> and copy them from /var/log/sippbx/backup >> >> >> >> Or use the FTP backup option... >> >> >> >> If you tweak any other files in /etc such as named.conf or dhcpd.conf you >> may also want to grab copies of them. >> >> >> >> Mike >> >> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:20 AM, S.K.- G <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I would like to find out if there are any recommended products for backing >> up a SIPX instance installed on a VM Server. Is Granular Backup an option? >> >> Thank you >> >> Saad >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sipx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Picher, Director of Technical Services >> eZuce, Inc. >> >> 300 Brickstone Square >> >> Suite 201 >> >> Andover, MA. 01810 >> >> O.978-296-1005 X2015 >> M.207-956-0262 >> @mpicher <http://twitter.com/mpicher> >> www.ezuce.com >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and >> those who don't. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sipx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
