VCB inside a VM

[Rombus]

I have VMware consolidated backup installed on a virtual machine. This virtual machine is on the same network as all my ESX host machines. The VM is stored on a NAS box which is access using NFS. Is it possible to get VCB to create a full backup of a VM stored on the NAS, but get the VM to be saved on the local storage of an ESX machine (Not the NAS box).

Thanks

[dconvery]

You can do it in "NBD" mode, where the files are passed over the COS network OR you can do it using "Hot-Add" mode, which is new with VCB 1.5.

Take a look at the VM Backup Guide -> http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_vm_backup.pdf

Dave

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Yes, but using scp.... You can either backup over SCP, or backup to the VM and then transfer to the ESX host using scp. Refer to page 63 of http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_vm_backup.pdf

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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[dconvery]

Using scp is good if you plan on using the COS to perform the backups, but having VCB in a VM works too.