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turnerggg
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‎05-28-2009 10:32 AM

VSS and VDR

I was just reading in

that VDR employs VSS to create (almost?) application-consistent backups. Is this in all cases or only when you have provisioned a data disk within the guest using MS ISCSI iniator?

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admin
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‎05-28-2009 10:35 AM

It is only the case when a snapshot can take place on a disk. Example, it will not work with physical RDMs because a snapshot cannot be taken on that disk.

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turnerggg
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‎05-28-2009 10:45 AM

so, my question is: does it have to be a VHD (i.e. MS ISCSI initiated) or can it be a VMDK (vanilla vmware)?

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Immortal
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‎05-28-2009 10:47 AM

Yes, it can be VMDK.

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turnerggg
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‎05-28-2009 11:04 AM

thanks!

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