Backing up to Recover: PSS, BBB and VBA
I’ve recently been doing some testing around Block Based Backups, and specifically recoveries from them. This has acted as an…
Tag: VBA
Basics – virtual machine names in VBA backups
If you’ve been backing up your virtual machines with VBA, you’ve probably hit that moment when you’ve run an mminfo query and…
Basics – Running VMware Protection Policies from the Command Line
If you’ve been adapting VMware Protection Policies via VBA in your environment (like so many businesses have been!), you’ll likely reach…
Testing (and debugging) an emergency restore
A few days ago I had some spare time up my sleeve, and I decided to test out the Emergency…
NetWorker 8.2 and VBA Instant-Access
One of the great new features in NetWorker is the integration of Instant Access, whereby virtual machines backed up with the VBA…
The current state of virtual machine backups in NetWorker
Introduction There’s currently three distinct and still-supported mechanisms for backing up virtual machines in NetWorker. These are: Traditional (in-guest agent)…
Spy vs Agent
Since VMware entered the server space, a simple problem has plagued backup administrators: Backup via a client installed in the VM? or…