vSphere Availability

Hi,

What is the best backup soltion can be implemented for FT vmS ,as per vmware FT VMs can not be backed up using VDP so what is the best up tool can be implemented for FT .

Will vdp work with HA  and DRS

Regards,

Ram

Hi,

FT-enabled VMs cannot be backed up using VADP libraries, since you need to take a snapshot of the VM in order to use VADP, but FT VMs cannot be snapshotted.

A workaround is to use a script to disable FT , run the backup and then re-enable FT. It's a trick since effectively during the backup operation the Vm is NOT protected by FT, but is the only viable method. I wrote a post about it a while ago, is based on Veeam B&R but can be applied also to other solution, if they can be scripted:

http://www.virtualtothecore.com/en/?p=3783

Luca.

Another solution besides temporarily disabling FT during backup operations is obviously running a classic backup agent inside the guest OS like you'd do with a physical system.