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Backup of a VM posted: May 26, 2006 12:52 PM

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hornet919
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May 26, 2006
Hi,

Witch way is better to do backup of a VM directory.

Close the VM ou put the VM in a pause mode?

Thanks

Re: Backup of a VM

1. May 26, 2006 1:18 PM in response to: hornet919
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KevinG
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Jan 8, 2004
You can suspend the virtual machine to do a back up if you plan to restore the virtual machine on the same system. You you do not plan to restore it on the same system, you should power off the VM to make the back up.

Re: Backup of a VM

2. Jun 12, 2006 5:16 AM in response to: KevinG
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topokin
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Mar 6, 2006
I tried suspending multiple VMs in a bat file but only the first VM on the script is put in suspend state, what did I do wrong. Below is a sample:

vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LT5182S1\Windows 2000 Server.vmx" suspend
vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LTSYSDEV\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx" suspend

Re: Backup of a VM

3. Jun 12, 2006 5:59 AM in response to: topokin
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Peter_vm
9,058 posts since
Feb 1, 2006
I tried suspending multiple VMs in a bat file but
only the first VM on the script is put in suspend
state, what did I do wrong. Below is a sample:

vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LT5182S1\Windows 2000
Server.vmx" suspend
vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LTSYSDEV\Windows
Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx" suspend


vmware-cmd in your bat file calls "vmware-cmd.bat" first, so use call in front of it.

call vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LT5182S1\Windows 2000 Server.vmx" suspend
call vmware-cmd "C:\Virtual Machines\LTSYSDEV\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx" suspend

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