Re: rsync, --sparse and VM disk images

2009-10-09 Thread Ryan Malayter
From: Bas Bahlmann || Steady IT Systeembeheer > I am using rsync for my customers to have disaster recovery off-site > with files from a VMware Server (under Linux). All works very well, but > when I defragment the VM's (once a week) or Exchange defragments it's > datastore the disk layout changes

rsync, --sparse and VM disk images

2009-10-09 Thread Chris Dew
Hi Bas, I'm not sure if this is of interest, but I also had issues with VM disk-image sparse-files (in my case KVM, rather than VMWare), which I've now resolved. http://www.finalcog.com/rsync-vm-sparse-inplace-kvm-vmware All the best, Chris Dew. P.S. Apologies for any breach of etiquette - I