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H_a_r_m_o_n_t
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Pre- and post- freeze scripts.

I have a couple of VMs on NFS datastore (NetApp) and I want to perform NDMP backups of my VMs via Symantec Backup Exec 11d. To perform crash-consistent backups I need to create snapshots before backup and delete them after backup is complete.

Could somebody provide me with these scripts which I can easily put into pre/post sections of backup job?

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H_a_r_m_o_n_t
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Is "snapshotmanager.pl" script form "VI Perl Toolkit" appropriate?

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polysulfide
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This is accomplished through a VCB proxy server. The basic process is:

Your backup server file agent (on the VCB proxy server) runs a prebackup script.

The prebackup script uses VCB to mount a VM and take a snapshot of it (which is copied locally to the vcb proxy)

Then a file-level backup is taken of the snapshot files from the VCB proxy server

Then a post-backup script is run that unmounts and removes the snapshot.

Your other option is to install a file agent in the VM itself and back it up like a physical server.

I have some example wraper scripts for tying VCB to a backup server. Please send me a personal message if you'd like a copy.

If it was useful, give me credit

Jason White - VCP

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