Free ESXi Backup? Thinware?
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@JaredBusch said:
Interesting that they specifically disable email notifications on the free license.
Indeed, especially since you can use command line tools to run it. It would be fairly easy (I assume) to add email notifications to a script.
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@Hubtech said:
@Hubtech AND in the vein of cheap/free.....what's would y'all recommend for a reliable, "inexpensive" target for the backups? I see xbyte has some MD1000's for pretty cheap.
There's always something like a Drobo 5N that's dirt cheap. You can put some large 7200 RPM drives in it to get the capacity you want. It won't be extremely fast, but it will work. I cannot remember if it has DroboSync capabilities, but I am thinking it does not have it (maybe that is the fs line).
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I've always wanted to try Quantum, but I do not think from the looks of it that it would work on ESXi free.
http://www.quantum.com/products/vmbackup/vmprosoftware/index.aspx#
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@NetworkNerd said:
@Hubtech said:
@Hubtech AND in the vein of cheap/free.....what's would y'all recommend for a reliable, "inexpensive" target for the backups? I see xbyte has some MD1000's for pretty cheap.
There's always something like a Drobo 5N that's dirt cheap. You can put some large 7200 RPM drives in it to get the capacity you want. It won't be extremely fast, but it will work. I cannot remember if it has DroboSync capabilities, but I am thinking it does not have it (maybe that is the fs line).
The 5N is the smaller version of the B800fs. They are the NAS devices and all of the Drobo NAS have DroboSync. It is everything else that lacks DroboSync.
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@coliver said:
Indeed, especially since you can use command line tools to run it. It would be fairly easy (I assume) to add email notifications to a script.
But that defeats the purpose of having a built in scheduler in my opinion.
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@JaredBusch said:
@coliver said:
Indeed, especially since you can use command line tools to run it. It would be fairly easy (I assume) to add email notifications to a script.
But that defeats the purpose of having a built in scheduler in my opinion.
but for the price......and i'm not sure I understand your logic there.
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@Hubtech said:
but for the price......and i'm not sure I understand your logic there.
They are forcing me to use an external script to fire the backups jobs and report status.
This makes the built in scheduler useless.
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or you can pay $150 per host and get those features. But for a free product this is awesome. Ever priced Unitrends or veeam?
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@Hubtech said:
or you can pay $150 per host and get those features. But for a free product this is awesome. Ever priced Unitrends or veeam?
Yes, as I have clients using Veeam.
The whole point is that intentionally disabling something a stupid as email notifications galls me as pure money grab. It is just stupid.
You want me to pay, give me features worth the cost. Mail notification is not and is something that will turn me off as evidenced by my responses here.
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The above rant not withstanding, this priceppoint is awesome and well worth $150 per host.
As I have SQL server guests with thick provisioned disks, I will require a license to back those up. That feature is worth the cost alone.
My next question is how does it backup the free license ESXi? does. It make a snapshot and then. Just backup via SSH or something?
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That would be my guess.
