> I have skipped backing up the vmware disk files on the host system and > bacula has not crashed the server in 3-days. > > I will have to do some more extensive testing, but it appears like I will > have to implement a better strategy for backing up the vmware disk files > for systems that are on-line. The LVM snapshot idea sounds like a good > idea. > > I do not know why backing up those files causes a hard crash, but at least > for the time being the environment appears to be more stable.
I will repeat my suggestion of using Vmware's tools to create snapshots and then save the snapshot. I've done this on ESX server all scripted and it works great. It basically gives you crashed state restore. That may be able to be overcome in a soon to be released version of ESX. Robert LeBlanc College of Life Sciences Computer Support Brigham Young University [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801)422-1882 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
