DPM

[elijah1]

Is it possible backup VMWare ESX hots with MIcrosoft DPM (I mean not to backup data but rather snapshot it like VDR does)?

Thanks.

Elijah.

[Troy_Clavell]

why backup ESX? To restore, if your lucky would take a lot longer than a rebuild

However, the only backup and restore method I am aware of for ESX is listed below

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1000761

[elijah1]

Troy, the question was about backing up virtual machines with DPM. Sorry, my bad, it was a typo.

I'm quirious if you can back it up with DPM - the same way you do it with VDR by employing snapshots.

Thanks.

Elijah,

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

You can use DPM to backup but it can't be used to backup your guests the way you want it to, meaning DPM cannot create the snaphsot on the guest.

[elijah1]

Thanks.