Hi, we just finish migrating almost all our physical infrastucture into a virtual infrastucture. We now have 2 ESX servers + another server that has a physical VC. My question is: I want to backup my VC in case that something happens. I know that if it crashes, the ESX will continue to function properly for 15 days(licenses) and that I could just reinstall the VC from scratch but since I have other applications on this server like EVA command view, Backup Exec, etc...I want a way that will be faster.
Since this is a new server, I was thinking of just cloning the VC with Norton Ghost. Is that a good solution?
Thanks for your help
That is a good soluiton - also another option people have done is P2V the VC server and leave the new VM powered off -
Instead of ghost, use Back Exec System Recovery that allow you be hardware indipendent for restore operation
Thanks for your quick suggestions, If a go with Back Exec System Recovery do I have to go with the Manager edition for it to support my Windows 2003 server? And if I go with Ghost (which might be least expensive) which version should I take so it can be compatible with Windows 2003 with a local SCSI drive?
Thanks again I really appreciate it.
Also, don't forget to backup the VC database.
I implied that you are using sql express DB, however vmroyale has right.
Probably it's more important backup your database and then your vc server