Is it possible to automatically backup ESXi on a daily/weekly basis to say a 320GB external USB hard drive?
In addition how easy is it to restore a ESXi installation from backup?
Thanks in advance.
I think this information will be a great help for you:
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iSCSI SAN software
http://www.starwindsoftware.com
You can also schedule from a remote machine.
See for example this remote command:
http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/esx_3i_rcli/vicfg-cfgbackup.php
Andre
why would you want to backup ESXi itself?
Duncan
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Here's a script that does exactly that if you wanted to backup your ESXi configurations -
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at:
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
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