Am 29.12.2017 um 23:22 schrieb Maurizio Caloro: > 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?
No. Bacula can backup running machines. However it doesn't work the way you seem to think it would. Naively copying the virtual disk of a VM while it is running would just produce an inconsistent an unusable result. Be thankful that ESX prevented you from doing that. > please how do you made any backup from living machines? Two possible ways: (a) make a snapshot and back that up (b) file level backup from inside the VM just like you would back up a physical machine > or i need to shutdown the VMWare Machines befor Bacula do his Backup job ? If you want to make a usable copy of the virtual disk image itself, then yes, just as for a physical machine, if you want to create a disk image of its hard disk drive(s), you need to shut it down first. But it's not the only way to back up a VM, and in most circumstances not the best one. > can you give me any information how you save your > Virtual machines? I use both ways, (a) and (b), in parallel. I use a product called Veeam which specializes in VM backup for snapshot based image backups mainly for disaster recovery. I also do file level backups of important data from within the VMs to be able to recover individual files or records. Hope this helps, Tilman -- Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: [email protected] Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Ungeöffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe Rückseite) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
