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How to back up your Virtual Machines on ESXi
Have you been waiting (like me) for esXpress to release their latest backup solution that will support ESXi?
Well, it looks like a few scripts have popped up on the VMware forums that provide this much needed functionality.
Below are the links, I have yet to test any of these.
Whats new with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2
Some interesting features from VMware included in ESX 3.5 Update 2. Most interesting is the official support for Virtual Machine High Availability and the ability to extend virtual disks while machines are running. Also included is the ability to clone virtual machines while they are powered on, which may suite well for some organisation when it comes to disaster recovery (cloning a VM and then copying the clone offsite)
Below are details ripped from VMware’s website.
Virtualisation - Agility is most valued by businesses
If you talk to CIOs who really “get” virtualization, the benefit that excites them the most is not cost savings but agility. I’m talking about the ability to say yes, quickly, to a business side request. Virtualization is helping smart IT leaders morph from “no” people to “yes” people. That’s a huge shift for many IT organizations and companies. But in order to be a yes person, you need to have enough carefully-managed virtual infrastructure on hand.
