Hi,
I have 2 ESX4 servers, one main and the other I want to use as a backup in case the first one kick the bucket. Both have there own hard disks and I am NOT using a SAN.
What is the best way to copy VM from my main server to my backup server. I would like if possible not to shut down the VM to copy them.
Thanks.
Try on a pc or vm the vCenter Converter Standalone
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/4_0
but the vm must be powered off
zero) stop the VM
1st) TAR the VM directory into one file : vm.tgz
2nd) SCP to remote machine disk
Enjoy.
I used the converter to copy VM but I need to shut down the VM to do that, is there any way to be able to do that without shutting down the VM? or anyone has a script to shutdown the VM, copy the files to the other ESX then restart the VM?
Thanks.
The best solution is to use Veeam Backup with their "Replication" feature.
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MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert '2009
Is it a "real" copy or it changes NIC's physical address, hard disk IDs and so on ?