You can either do a snapshot from time to time to save a point of restore manually, but you don't really have a regular periodic backup that is able to run automatically and keep your backup files elsewhere in case your beefed PC where ou VMware Workstation runs, dies. You don't have a native backup solution for running VMs on VMware Workstation with scheduling capabilities.
All you can do from time to time, is stop your VM s and do a manual backup. There is a Workstation VM backup software that I'd like to talk about today because, after a quick test in my lab, I like it. It's called Vimalin and it has a scheduled backup possibility where you can choose to backup daily, weekly or monthly.
The backup targets can be disks on the same PC where VMware Workstation is running or it can also be a network location in case you have a NAS device where you want to send those backups. For periodic backups of running VMs, you need software like Vimalin that can backup to another volume or to a network location, automatically, according to a selected schedule. Readers of this blog know that I'm focusing on data center virtualization, however, tools like VMware Workstation are constantly running test VMs here and there.
VMware Workstation is also a good tool to create a proof of concept POC however even those environments sometimes need protection if you want to go back to a specific time. An example of the daily schedule here shows a possibility to configure the number of copies, repeat cycle etc…. After clicking the Backup target Icon, you select your disk or volume, and check the box default target.
Here is the screenshot. Scheduled backups — There are 3 pre-configured backups that are sufficient to start with, but you can also add your personalized schedule if you like. Pretty neat. With the minimalistic aproach, it takes couple of min to get use to the UI, but once done its a blast. Each VM has its own schedule. You can repeat and add couple of VMs, then select them one-by-one and create schedule. You can't have a group of VMs within the same backup job. No schedule, however. Try before you buy.
You can test the full package for 60 days, just download and install. After 60 days Vimalin will revert to the free license and you can continue to use it as long as you want. In fact when you restore a Virtual Machine, Vimalin will verify each copied file against that signature to make sure every bit is still the same.
If needed, you can verify the files by hand by looking at the job. Note that this file is only kept at the backup folder, not copied to your VM when you happen to restore the virtual machine. It was created by Wil van Antwerpen that says that:. Running your backup by hand works fine. But that means having to shut down the virtual machine and then manually copy the files. This is easy to forget to do.
Besides that it breaks the day to day workflow. So the idea to build this backup product was born. With Vimalin it is now easy to automate the process and get reliable backups. I really like this tiny product with just enough features you need to define which VMs needs to be backed up, set your backup target, set your schedule for each VM and you good to go.
One last thing I'd like to mention. So you don't have to manually start or resume those VMs. Connect on: Facebook. Feel free to network via Twitter vladan. Your email address will not be published. Download NOW.
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DC Scope is affordably priced per VM. Does Vimalin verify the data? Yes, before copying the files of data to your backup disk, Vimalin will create a signature of your data file. This signature is then kept in a database so that it can always be used to verify. Vimalin uses industry standard MD5 sum hash signatures. It was created by Wil van Antwerpen that says that: Running your backup by hand works fine.
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