Virtual Machine Backup Question

[aztechy]

Okay I have 2x500gb SATA Harddrives and I've been having issues with my RAID card and speed. So what I was thinking was, what if I copied each virtual machines from Datastore 1 to Datastore 2. Then if one of the harddrive crashed, would I be able to see the other harddrive when I reinstalled ESXi? Thanks

[lamw · Accepted solution]

You definitely can do that, take a look at: and make sure you're using ghettoVCB4i.sh as its specific to ESXi 4.0

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[depping]

I vouch for William's script as well. it's an excellent and cheap solution!

Duncan

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