XenServer - Free Incremental Backups - Guest Level
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So this is a bit of a nagging question.
What cross platform (Windows / Linux / OS X) software appliance can be installed on each VM to perform incremental backups that can be used to restore in to XenServer?
I'm aware of Amanda (Linux Only AFAIK) and UrBackup which is cross platform.
Any ideas on how these work within XenServer, and how to get them configured?
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I thought the Unitrends free version could?
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up to 1.5 tb of data.
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Unitrends Free is for VMware and Hyper-V platforms, not Xen. The only way to protect XenServer VM's is agent-based, which Unitrends Free only does for Windows. And, it's up to 1TB of data (the data set size, not the cumulative total of all backups taken).
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Don't they have like 2 or 3 different Free versions? Not that that would change the situation, but it might?
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Veeam Endpoint Recovery Free should do this. It's not a centralized product, like their Veeam Backup & Recovery, but it should do the trick.
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Bacula and it's fork Bareos are cross platform also.
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@Dashrender said:
Don't they have like 2 or 3 different Free versions? Not that that would change the situation, but it might?
There is the Unitrends Free (above) and the free-to-Spiceworks-members version of the virtual appliance, which also only does VM's and no Xen, and is limited by sockets.
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Here's another
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@DustinB3403 said:
What cross platform (Windows / Linux / OS X) software appliance can be installed on each VM to perform incremental backups that can be used to restore in to XenServer?
You are looking for an agent? If so, XenServer or Xen are not factors at all. Agentless backups are dependent on hypervisor. Agent backups are dependent on the OS, so not need to think about or mention XenServer in that case.
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@dafyre said:
Veeam Endpoint Recovery Free should do this. It's not a centralized product, like their Veeam Backup & Recovery, but it should do the trick.
Does it cover non-Windows?
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@johnhooks said:
Bacula and it's fork Bareos are cross platform also.
The Bacula and Amanda families are the primary ones for the Linux and open source world from an "internal" perspective.
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StorageCraft is the first place that I would look for agent-based backups of Windows and Linux. OSX I don't believe that they cover, but OSX cannot go on XenServer so that seems like an odd requirement.
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Well, OSX can go on XenServer as long as XS is running on Apple hardware. So I should not presume.
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Ah but for free, I don't think you are going to have many FREE agent-based backup options outside of the Bacula, Amanda and BackupPC families. You can always go with RSnapShot and similar. Backup is a space where free does not do well, in general. Not sure why but the market has failed to make the high quality, free, open source backup tools that it has produced in other arenas.
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@scottalanmiller I completely missed the cross-platform thing. Not awake today it would seem.
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Apparently this is shameless plug day for me... I do think R1Soft is something you'll at least want to check out, though. A few reasons:
- It's Cross-Platform (Windows / Linux)
- Block-level, incremental backups
- (near)-Continuous Data Protection
- Won't crush server performance, so you can run multiple backups in an hour if needed
The problem is that it's not free, so my apologies there. You can try out a free trial if you'd like to at least give it a shot and see what you think.
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@Baustin213 said:
Apparently this is shameless plug day for me... I do think R1Soft is something you'll at least want to check out, though. A few reasons:
- It's Cross-Platform (Windows / Linux)
- Block-level, incremental backups
- (near)-Continuous Data Protection
- Won't crush server performance, so you can run multiple backups in an hour if needed
The problem is that it's not free, so my apologies there. You can try out a free trial if you'd like to at least give it a shot and see what you think.
Where is your vendor tag?!
/grabs the pitchfork
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller I completely missed the cross-platform thing. Not awake today it would seem.
I'll trade you, I got that but missed the "Free" part on my first pass.
