techie08 Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Hi During the next half term i will having VMware infrustructure installed and apparantly i need the VMware plugin for backup exec 12.5. Do i really need this as i heard from someone that unless i have this module then i will have to write a script or i wont be able to do backups or do VCB Any help on this would be much appreciated as the module costs £1290 and because i have 2 Vmware esx Servers i will have to have two of them! Thanks
fox1977 Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Have a look at this: esXpress - Download After the trial expires it stays functional as a free version 3
dodben Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Have a look at this. This only requires one license per Host and you don't have to worry about running Backup Exec backups to get file level recovery. VMware Backup for ESX and ESXi Looks like they are local to you too. 1
Theblacksheep Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 esxpress no longer free time to look at scripting, including free vmotion scripting.
DMcCoy Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) esxpress no longer free time to look at scripting, including free vmotion scripting. You can only do the SVMotion which applies to moving the disk image between the attached storage (while the machine is offline). VMotion itself will require infrastructure licenses and a virtualcenter license. I am currently using Backup Exec 12.5, although still using the guest agent for day to day backups, although I will be exporting VMs to an image once a term to help with disaster recovery. Edit: It appears that you may well need a license to use the SVMotion anyway. There are still things you can script to stop it on one host and start it on another, but not while the VM is online. Edited February 13, 2009 by DMcCoy
Theblacksheep Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) Edit: It appears that you may well need a license to use the SVMotion anyway. There are still things you can script to stop it on one host and start it on another, but not while the VM is online. Yeah SVMotion requires VMware VMotion licencing, I fell for this earlier in the week. You can move storage with the VMs into different datastores easily tho (i'm using Vcenter). The drag and drop movement of VMs storages is handy. Check out 'ghettoQuickMigrate.sh' according to the author: "This script provides administrators running the free version of ESXi on several hosts with the capability to perform Hyper-V-like "quick" migrations of virtual machines residing on shared storage between the hosts." You just need VIMA: w00t. Some usefull scripts inc ghettoquickmigrate and ghettoVCB here: VMware ESX 3.x and ESXi Shell Scripts & Resources Edited February 13, 2009 by Theblacksheep
fox1977 Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 have a look at this free one: VM Explorer 1
Theblacksheep Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 veeam have just released veeam backup 3 with support for esx, esxi both free and Vi3 with or without VCB and file levelbackups. Its free too... VMware Backup, ESX/ESXi backup and replication, fast file-level recovery with Veeam Backup Will test and let you know once air-con is in.
DMcCoy Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 veeam have just released veeam backup 3 with support for esx, esxi both free and Vi3 with or without VCB and file levelbackups. Its free too... VMware Backup, ESX/ESXi backup and replication, fast file-level recovery with Veeam Backup Will test and let you know once air-con is in. I only see free Veeam monitor, no backup?
kpc Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 I use a great script by xtravirt.com, free and easy to setup providing you have access to command console
Sandman Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 esxpress no longer free time to look at scripting, including free vmotion scripting. It's free for the first month when you download a trial.
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