[mdlug] Suggestions Wanted - Open Source Backup for VMware

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Thu, 2016-10-27 at 15:17 +0000, gib at juno.com wrote:
> I'd like to know if anyone can suggest an open source backup solution
> for a VMware environment.  Something that can backup VMware virtual
> machines on a schedule.

I use ghettoVCB http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760

It is installed on each node, on a schedule it makes a snapshot of each
VM and copies the snapshot to an NFS mount.

Simple, easy; no fuss.

Note that I treat backing up of DATA and SNAPSHOTS-OF-VMs as two
*independent* tasks.  ghettoVCB creates an image of the VM [which may
or may not contain data], and elsewhere/otherwise I backup data [on a
more frequent rotation].


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