VMware Consolidated Backup provides a centralized backup facility that leverages a centralized proxy server and reduces the load on production VMware ESX hosts. You can backup your virtual machine at anytime with full or incremental file backup or full image backup.
As you all know, not so many user impress with the vcb because by default vcb you need to run it via windows shell / cmd. I believe this shouldn't give any problem to any VMware expertise but for new user, perhaps CLi some time give them some headache.
c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework\vcbMounter.exe ....
Above command line without proper parameter will cause your ESX server failed to create virtual machine snapshot. To minimize this error, you can do few things for user :
- Batch Script
- Custom VCB Script (User Interaction)
You can find few vcb batch script on the net which can run vcb backup for you automatically. Modify it to meet your need and simply shedule it to run on specific time and date. This script very useful if you have so many virtual machine that need to have some backup.
Custom script with user interaction is very useful for new vcb user, vcb testing and for environment which have less virtual machine. The script really need user input to complete all necessary vcb parameter and then run the backup process base on what parameter entered by the user.
As for my own use, I create a very simple script. Yes it's simple since I don't know much on windows programming but hey, it's fully tested and fuctional for ESX virtual machine backup. By the way, this is how my custom script looks like when you run it :-
Browse virtual machine.
At this moment, I'm completing another version of vcb tools with GUI using visual basic programming language.
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athlon_crazy 24122008 06:00am
