Backing up a VM that already has a snapshot

[pranags]

Hi,

I am using vcbMounter to backup a VM. The VM already has a snapshot.

vcbmounter starts and finishes well.

Now I call vcbrestore to restore the VM and I want to replace the curent VM.

After restore, I am not able to bring up the VM. It just goes to boot mode.

Is there a known issue with vcbMounter and vcbrestore if a VM has multiple snapshots.

What is the best way to backup a Vm already having a snapshot ?

Do we need to backup the delta files from previous snapshots ?

Thanks,

Prasad

[petedr]

I am not sure about the vcb command issues but if you want an alternate solution for your issue take a look at our product esXpress.

The newest beta version can handle backing up Vms with an existing snapshot.

Pete@esxpress

[pranags]

Do you backup the delta files also?

[petedr]

esxpress can do delta backups of your VM. To try it out you can download it from our web site http://www.esxpress.com

pete@esxpress

[osde_info]

i think that vmkfstools -i ONLY backs up your vmdk without any snapshot - delta / redo

(although someone else has been suggesting otherwise in annother post)

fyi we normally use vmbk.pl to backup our VMs

regards

clive