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ronr
Level 4
7 years ago

VSR 16 virtual edition

Hi, I have a small ESXi 6.5 server with 3 VMs that I want to backup regularly. How do I go about it using VSR 16 virtual edition? I am finding little to no information at all about that subject. Is ...
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    criley
    7 years ago

    ronr

    You can use either of those methods.

    If you choose to do a virtual conversion, you still need to manually create the new VM as the conversion process will only create the new virtual disk (.vmdk).

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criley
Moderator
7 years ago

ronr

Yes, you install VSR on each VM that you want to protect.

The Virtual Edition is, as you say, just a licensing change from the standard version of VSR - there are no technical differences between the 2 products. Hope that helps,

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    ronr
    Level 4
    7 years ago

    Hi Criley, Thank you for your reply.

    How do you restore a VM? Do you create a new VM and boot it off the SRD, or perform a one time virtual conversion of the latest recovery point directly to the ESXi host?

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      criley
      Moderator
      7 years ago

      ronr

      You can use either of those methods.

      If you choose to do a virtual conversion, you still need to manually create the new VM as the conversion process will only create the new virtual disk (.vmdk).