Enable SSH on ESXi, use a cron job on your backup machine to pause and copy (rsync or whatever limited tools ESXi supports) the VM to your backup server. When I had ESXi running at home I would pause, rsync the VM to a location on my Linux box, then use rdiff-backup to take snapshots of that backup (which I had configured to overwrite daily). You could use sshfs to simplify this process and do all of the processing from the Linux backup machine.
Is the ability to backup live VMs still missing from ESXi (I last used ESXi 4.x)? On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Andrew Robinson <and...@boohahaonline.com>wrote: > ** > > I read that proxmox could be installed from a flash drive, but I'm more > wondering if it needs to be installed to a full blown hard drive, or if it > is like ESXI where it can be installed to a flash drive? > > Flipping things around a bit, does anyone know of a backup solution for > ESXI that is free that can be scheduled? I've looked so far at Veeam, but > it does not appear to support scheduling of backups. > > Thanks > > -----Original message----- > *From:* Jon Copeland <copela...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday 17th September 2013 15:44 > *To:* CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> > *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Virtualized Server Question > > Unsure which you're referring to but Proxmox can run off a Flash Drive. > > /.j > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Andrew Robinson <and...@boohahaonline.com > > wrote: > >> ** >> >> This looks like a pretty interesting alternative to ESXI. One thing I >> couldn't see on their website however, is does this install to a hard drive >> or can it be installed to a USB key like ESXI? >> >> -----Original message----- >> *From:* Jon Copeland <copela...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday 17th September 2013 15:04 >> *To:* CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> >> *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Virtualized Server Question >> >> Look into Proxmox (www.proxmox.com). It uses KVM so has a solid >> stability reputation and has a web UI much like ESXi so it's ridiculously >> simple to use. I've got it deployed at two sites and have experienced >> absolutely zero problems. The hosts run a variety of Windows / Linux and >> Unix VM's. As far as storage goes you should consider using a SAN (or high >> end NAS) and move away from Software RAID5, especially if your intended use >> of the VM would be in a production environment. >> >> /.j >> forwardbase solutions >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Robinson < >> and...@boohahaonline.com> wrote: >> >>> ** >>> >>> Sorry I guess I should have been a bit more clear, I just forget the >>> proper terms at the moment :) ESXI would be the host running the various >>> different VM's, or I would be running another os (say scientific Linux) >>> with virtual box on top of it, running the VM's. I'm trying to get a sense >>> of the preferred way of doing things. >>> >>> -----Original message----- >>> *From:* Anand Singh <an...@linizen.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday 17th September 2013 14:36 >>> *To:* CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> >>> *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Virtualized Server Question >>> >>> Hi Andrew, >>> >>> If you're looking for an open source alternative to ESXi, it's not >>> Virtualbox. Even running headless, it's not in the same league for server >>> performance (nor was it designed to be). Look at KVM or Xen instead. I've >>> got about a dozen of those Supermicro servers running at various sites. >>> Despite my ambitions to go open source, they're all running ESXi. >>> >>> Anand. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> clug-talk@clug.ca >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> clug-talk@clug.ca >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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