On 29.12.2017 23:22, Maurizio Caloro wrote: > I mount me Free ESXI 6.5 Server, to /mnt/vmware/ but it seem that > Bacula can't backup running machines, it's this true?
Yes, but this is no limitation of Bacula but a restriction imposed by ESX. Files of running VMs are locked and can't be accessed directly. > please how do you made any backup from living machines? I personally use a tool designed for this use-case: Veeam Backup&Replication. (But it does not work with the Free ESX, more on that later.) > or you use the Bacula Enterprise Version? Bacula Enterprise has a plugin to backup virtual machines from vSphere/ESX <https://www.baculasystems.com/enterprise-backup-solution-with-bacula-systems/virtual-machine-backup-software>, but it will also not work with the Free ESX. This is a licence limitation built in by VMware which restricts access to the needed backup APIs in the Free ESX and there is no way around this. > it's possible i have here any understanding mismatch? or i need to > shutdown the VMWare Machines befor Bacula do his Backup job ? This would be needed, yes. > if you made any Backup from your Virtual machines, you shutdown this before > Backup will make his job?? can you give me any information how you save > your Virtual machines? I have a fully licensed vSphere environment, so I can use any tool designed for that task. If you only have a Free ESX, you are severely limited. I'd suggest that you don't backup the VMs externally but instead backup the contents of the VM the same way you'd backup a physical server. You can of course use Bacula for that or any other tool. Grüße, Sven.
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