How to do daily backups with VMWARE server

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Brook21

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Hello
Can anyone advise on how to do daily image backups using VMWARE server so that you either have no downtime or can minimize it. Virtual servers will include SQL and Exchange.
I am thinking along the lines of stopping the server, xcopying the virtual server to a spare hard disk and then backing up that hard disk using normal tape backups. Is there a better way that will mean I don't have to stop the Virtual server.
Are there better options using VSS or snapshots.

Thanks for any help or advice
 
To backup VMware Server guests with no downtime, you should just use a backup client on the guest OS as if it were a physical host.

If you don't want to do that, there are also some other options that you might like but may lead to more backup downtime. Checkout this CloudBacko vmware backup.

Now, with ESX server, you can absolutely back the clients up using VCB with only 1-2 seconds of downtime using snapshots.
 
Either take snapshots of the vm or use an external program like Veeam.
 
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