Does anyone know a way to backup VMWare Hypervisor configuration files using Backup Exec. File such as those listed in /etc/ and other locations that are important to the hypervisor.
FYI I have Backup Exec 2010 and licenses to connec to VMWare hypervisors (currently using it to backup my VMs).
Correct, you cannot backup the configuration of the ESX host with Backup Exec (VI Agent).
Depending on the version of ESX you have, you can use host profiles to have a copy of the configuration, as the installation of ESX takes only half an hour.
If you look at the Remote Agent for Linux and Unix Systems (RALUS) section of the Software compatibility List, it lists some compatibility for ESX 3.x - so we used to be able to install RALUS on the Host itself. It however looks like we didn't see much use of this option as we haven't included ESX 4 in this compatibility verification.That said, in theory ESX does not take that long to install and configure. It also shoudln't need the configuration changing very often. As such I suspect the usual recommendtaion is to document your installation carefully - including update levels and and non default configuration changes and then re-install your ESX host if you ever run into a DR situation. Once the host is rebuilt you can then restore the VMs from BE.
