Backup VM

[jrphdba]

Hi All,

We're using vSphere 6.5, and VMware Workstation 15 to managed the VMs.

Could I use VMware Workstation to backup our VMs by exporting to OVF file? Any recommendation?

Thank you..

[NathanosBlightc · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the community

First of all you should be aware exporting the OVA/OVF is not a backup generation operation ... You can use many tools like NAVIKO and VEEAM Backup & Replication. (Both of them have free edition)

However, if you are going to generate some templates from your current virtual machines temporary, yes you can consider these OVA/OVF as a backup file version!

Whenever you deploy some operational VMs, you should create a primary backup plan first, and then choose a good solution for the VM backup (google it and simply compare them based on capabilities and also licensing price based on your VI requirements)

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

exporting the virtual machine every time you need to make a backup seems excessive to me.

There are free solutions that do the backup:

Free Backup Solution - Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition

ARomeo

[jrphdba]

AlessandroRomeo68​ and Amin Masoudifard,

Thank you for your response and suggestions. I'll take a look on both.