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KCSCsupport · 08-30-2010

Using Backup Exec 2010 with all updates. I am backing up several VMs using Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure. One day, two of my VMs just started backing up as the provisioned size instead of the used space. What's the deal? The two VMDK fil...

KCSCsupport · 06-10-2010

I am using Backup Exec 2010 & the Agent for VMware to backup a several VM's. I have enable GRT so I can restore single files from the virtual machines. One of my VM's is about 300GB. If I restore a single file from that particular VM, Backup Exec...

KCSCsupport · 03-25-2011

this seems to be the only way to get it to backup as thin again. i used ghost, but the procedure was mostly the same. here's what i did. 1) image the VM 2) delete the vmdk 3) delete virtual hard drive from VM config 4) add new hard drive in VM con...

KCSCsupport · 09-01-2010

anybody ever seen/heard of this? my nightly backup is taking an extra hour. please help it's funny that this happened right after i imaged another VM on another host. I imaged it off with Ghost, killed the VMDK file, then put the image back (result...

KCSCsupport · 08-31-2010

that doc says your thin disk will only be backed up as thick for the following reasons: Non NTFS partitions Raided disks Cluster disks Linux Partitions If the VM that the VMDK is attached to has a SNAPSHOT created before the backup There are others...

KCSCsupport · 08-31-2010

that link is dead

KCSCsupport · 06-11-2010

Yeah, when I was restoring from a disk-based backup, it was much faster. But from tape, you had to sit there for hours and watch the byte count go all the way to 300GB to get one file. It's becoming clear that this is expected behavior. I am tak...

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backing up thin VMs

Restore a single file from a virtual machine quickly

this seems to be the only way

anybody ever seen/heard of

that doc says your thin disk

that link is dead

Yeah, when I was restoring