Hi Richard thanks, The Client would like a hybrid of that. they want all the ESX Hosts backed up. Entire server. Also, they would like clients installed on all the VMs and those backed up (so far, all Windows)
The ESX servers (HOSTs) are very small and would only require a full backup once a week. For the most part, these servers will not have VMs (VMDK) files on them. There ESX boxes are full ESX and have a Service Console which would be the Linux client. Currently 3 servers will need the linux client installed. Thanks, for the information regarding the Linux client install on ESX, I will inform the client not sure if that will make a difference to them or not . Tim Richard van Denzel wrote:
Hi Timothy, What do you want to do? Backup Full-VM's (.VMDK files), or do a file backup of the VM's. In the Windows Client Guide (6.1/6.2) there is a chapter on how to backup this using a proxy node. It is not advisable anymore to install a Linux client in ESX because in the near future the service console of vSphere will be gone as are the VCB-tools. Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards, Richard van Denzel. ________________________________ Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens Timothy Hughes Verzonden: ma 4/12/2010 5:23 Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] Backup up ESX Host running Linux using Tivoli Hi All, We have a Client who has a ESX host (OS: VMWare ESX vSphere 4) running a form of Red Hat Linux (Linux VM) Can we use the normal Tivoli Linux Client to back it the physical machine kernal up if so anything special we need to know especially as for as dsm.opt include/exclude statements? 2.6.18-128.ESX If anyone can point to some specific documentation or link regarding this feel free to add. Thanks in advance!
