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May 13, 2009 3:15 PM by
dconvery
Sorry for the late response, must be in different time zones or you work long hours
VMCLEAN.BAT is a very usefull batch file instead of unmounting each snapshot individually you can use this batch file to unmount all your VCB snapshots in one go.
I use a pre script that mounts my 30 VM's individually then run my backup program (I use Arcserve instead on backup NT) then after the backup I call the VCB clean up script wich automatically unmounts all the VCB snapshots in one go.
so you don't have to specify each VM.
Quick note on VCB and BackupNT - you can't do differential or incremental backups as the mounted directory is read only and BackupNT can't set the archive bit.
for VCBCLEAN to work you must modify the config.js file in the /config folder accrodingly.
P.S. I Used server 2003 to test the NTBackup (should have mentioned that and saved you a bit of time
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Brian
Hi Brian,
Thank you and appreciating your help on this. I am working from India.
Awarded the points to you
Thanks,
Shan
I have published a Proven Practice Guide on VI:OPS to explain everything about
VCB. I think it does a better job than the VM Backup guide. Take a look -> http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1392
Dave Convery
VMware vExpert 2009
http://www.dailyhypervisor.com
Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
VCB. I think it does a better job than the VM Backup guide. Take a look -> http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1392
Dave Convery
VMware vExpert 2009
http://www.dailyhypervisor.com
Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"