Re: [Bacula-users] Does anyone has backed up vmdk's of anESXi?

2011-09-08 Thread Brian Debelius
I use PHD Virtual Backup to backup the virtual machines. It does full and block level incremental and delta backups to another filesystem. I also backup from within the VM's with bacula. www.phdvirtual.com On 9/8/2011 2:31 PM, Pietro Bertera wrote: > Hi, > > 2011/9/7 Jan Behrend: > >> Don't u

[Bacula-users] Bacula, Offsite, and Restores

2011-09-08 Thread Eric Pratt
I'm using Bacula with USB drives to perform offsite backups. I'm trying to create the simplest process possible so in the event I'm unavailable, my coworkers can perform restores with confidence without knowing a whole lot about bacula. Originally, our offsite backups were performed as just a par

Re: [Bacula-users] Does anyone has backed up vmdk's of anESXi?

2011-09-08 Thread Pietro Bertera
Hi, 2011/9/7 Jan Behrend : > Don't use file based backup software like Bacula on vmdks:  The backup > volume will kill you. > If you change one  byte inside the VM you have to backup all of the > vmdk image which will be > substantially (!) larger. Yes, it's true. I use the copy of vmdks (and VM

Re: [Bacula-users] Nuking the database entries for certain SDs

2011-09-08 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:24:28 +0200 (CEST), Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk said: > > Ss, how do I do this? Is it sufficient to just remove the "tapes" from the > media library? If so, should I use purge, delete or prune? What is the > difference? And lastly, should I stick to bconsole for this type of j

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula + qnap (SAN)

2011-09-08 Thread Fahrer, Julian
Hi, I'm not using any QNAP but other NAS devices and I prefer NFS because I can access the volumes from other devices that way. Turned out to be helpful for me. For example when the backup server has gone away. Regards Julian Von: Arnau Coll :: Puntdoc [mailto:ac...@puntdoc.es] Ges

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula + qnap (SAN)

2011-09-08 Thread Mauro Colorio
> Next item to my wishlist is config a physical bacula with volumes in a QNAP. > My question is, by NFS or iSCSI? Some partners told me to do in NFS, but I > think that in iSCSI is the best way... I used debian squeeze with iscsi and everything goes well, I didn't tried the nfs option btw.. ciao

Re: [Bacula-users] Does anyone has backed up vmdk's of anESXi?

2011-09-08 Thread Arnau Coll :: Puntdoc
Thanks thomas and Pietro, I’ll try to follow your instructions and feedback my succés (or not J ) De: Thomas Ruth [mailto:tr...@ichaos.com] Enviado el: martes, 06 de septiembre de 2011 19:32 Para: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Asunto: Re: [Bacula-users] Does anyone has backed up vmdk'

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula + qnap (SAN)

2011-09-08 Thread Arnau Coll :: Puntdoc
I understand and I'm in the same way. All new vm's are deployed in iSCSI volume on QNAP nas. Next item to my wishlist is config a physical bacula with volumes in a QNAP. My question is, by NFS or iSCSI? Some partners told me to do in NFS, but I think that in iSCSI is the best way... What do yo