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Back Up Multiple VMs

Does vcbmounter support mounting multiple guests with one command (like browse-start.bat)? I'm using VCB and backup exec 12.5 to back up mostly Linux guests on ESX 3.5. I haven't been having much luck with the BEIM, so I'm using vcbmounter in a batch file and running it in the pre-backup command on BE to create the snapshot, then I back up the snapshots to tape, and then unmount with the post-backup. This is working well enough for a single VM, so now I want to back up multiple VMs.

If the answer is no, then my alternate plan is to create a separate batch file for each job and use the call command in the main batch file so the VMs will be snapshotted sequentially instead of simultanously. Better solutions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any input on this.

VMWare Environment: vSphere 7.0, EQ PS6210 SANs, Dell R730 Hosts, dedicated Dell switches w/ separate vlans for vmotion and iscsi.
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