Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-30 Thread Stef Coene
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 17:23, Steve Schaub wrote: > All, > > My team & I would be interested in speaking with anyone who has been > successful in using TSM to backup/restore what the database folks would > call a "hot" backup of VMWare guest machines (i.e. backing up the .vmdk > files while the g

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Steve Schaub
f >Of Steve Schaub >Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:55 PM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups > >We have had several backups fail, but worse, we have had some restores >bomb out (like 300mb away from the end of a 15gb restore), and ev

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Stef Coene
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 17:23, Steve Schaub wrote: > All, > > My team & I would be interested in speaking with anyone who has been > successful in using TSM to backup/restore what the database folks would > call a "hot" backup of VMWare guest machines (i.e. backing up the .vmdk > files while the g

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Stapleton, Mark
ce 262.521.5627 >-Original Message- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Steve Schaub >Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:55 PM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups > >We have had several backups fail,

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Steve Schaub
We have had several backups fail, but worse, we have had some restores bomb out (like 300mb away from the end of a 15gb restore), and even worse yet, we have had some restores work, but the .vmdk came back corrupted and vmware couldn't even mount it. We are planning on using this method to do DR r

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Meadows, Andrew
I would like to hear from anyone that has been sucessful in this as well. We have essentially the same setup, with the 5.3 client installed. Thanks, Andrew -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Schaub Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1

Re: Vmware guest "hot" backups

2005-05-25 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Schaub >My team & I would be interested in speaking with anyone who has been >successful in using TSM to backup/restore what the database >folks would call >a "hot" backup of VMWare guest machines (i.e. backing up the >.v