File system backup through VCB

[rajepatwal]

I am using ESX 3.5, VCB 1.5 and virtual center 2.5 in our organisation.

presently I am taking the FULL image backup of the VM's

Does filesystem backup in VCB require the drive to be mounted in the proxy server and will it require the free space in the proxy server.

Thanks in advance...........

[AndreTheGiant]

In file level backup (only for Windows VMs) the vmdk disks are mounted on the VCB proxy for all the backup time.

But they do not require a stage area (only an empty folder to be mounted).

Andre

[NTurnbull]

For more info on VCB and how it works take a look at the virtual machine backup guide on

Thanks,

Neil

[rajepatwal]

Thanks Andre,

But I have studied in the Virtual Machine Backup guide it says that when ever the file system backup runs

1. It creats the virtual machine snapshots and mounts discovered volumes on the VCB proxy at predefined junction points. Each junction point corresponds to a drive letter assigned to each volume in the

virtual machine. For example:

C:\mnt\mytestvm.foo.com\letters\D

2 The third‐party backup software makes file‐level backups from these volumes.

Does that means it mounts the drive in the proxy server and then takes the backup into the tape. It it mounts then will it consume the space in the proxy server.

Please suggest................

[AndreTheGiant]

It it mounts then will it consume the space in the proxy server.

All right except this last sentence.

As you can see the mount is instantaneity after the snapshot... no time required cause there isn't nothing to transfer... it's only a mount (as from a network share or a NFS server).

Andre