One of the main points that should be considered when backing up a virtual machine, is whether you can shut down the virtual machine during the back up. Backing up a running virtual machine allows the machine to be available for use, but does not allow for a back up that is consistent ...
A processing device generates a live snapshot of a virtual disk image attached to a virtual machine, wherein generating the live snapshot comprises converting an existing read-write volume to a read-only volume. The processing device generates, from the read-only volume, a temporary snapshot ...
Backing Up the Virtual MachinesHyper-V uses one of two mechanisms to back up each VM. The default backup mechanism is called the "Saved State" method, where the VM is put into a saved state during the processing of the PrepareForSnapshot event, snapshots are taken of the appropriate ...
The following virtual machines cannot be backed up using Data Protection for VMware: Virtual machines withblockorblock_sharedstorage volume type Virtual machines with aSESPARSE VMDKtype Note:The vCenter external IP address must be set to use Data Protection for VMwa...
You can use the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware GUI to back up and restore virtual machines and VMware datastores. When installed with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments you can offload backups to Tivoli Storage Manager serve
Backing up a virtual machine is fairly straight forward. Your command will look like this:wbadmin start backup –backupTarget:<location to backup to> –hyperv:<list of virtual machines to backup>Which will result in something like this:
Over the last few months I have gotten a lot of questions about backing up Hyper-V virtual machines… Do you run the backup software in the virtual machine or on the parent or do you just “snapshot” the virtual machine? Some of the confusion has come from that last question...
Considerations for Backing Up Virtual Machines on CSV with the System VSS Provider Managing Protected Computers in Workgroups and Untrusted Domains Managing System Protection Managing Performance Managing Tapes Appendix A: Quick Reference to DPM Tasks ...
He has posted another solution for backing up virtual machines more quickly and efficiently that putting them in to saved state and copying around all of the files.Essentially his suggestion is to convert each Virtual Hard Disk to Differencing Disks, thus allowing for the original vhd file ...
Considerations for Backing Up Virtual Machines on CSV with Hardware VSS Providers Migrating from the System VSS Provider to a Hardware VSS Provider Considerations for Backing Up Virtual Machines on CSV with the System VSS Provider Managing Protected Computers in Workgroups and Untrusted Domains Managing ...