I have a Virtual Drive that is on a separate hard disk. IE. C:= Operating System. D:=Virtual Drive.
The question is when I image the virtual drive do I just image the Virtual file (.VMDK) or the whole hard drive?
Virtual Drive Image and Restore
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Re: Virtual Drive Image and Restore
depend on what you want to do .. and what you have configured .. if you're
D: is a .vmdk file and shows up as a physical drive with partitions then
you'd have the option to backup that way, otherwise you'd have to add a
virtual drive to the list (You'd wan to unmount so not in use). If you're
inside the VM then you'd backup the vmdk file via the drive (it would look
like a normal hard drive that you access).
"VanBuran" wrote in message news:4137@public.image...
I have a Virtual Drive that is on a separate hard disk. IE. C:= Operating
System. D:=Virtual Drive.
The question is when I image the virtual drive do I just image the Virtual
file (.VMDK) or the whole hard drive?
D: is a .vmdk file and shows up as a physical drive with partitions then
you'd have the option to backup that way, otherwise you'd have to add a
virtual drive to the list (You'd wan to unmount so not in use). If you're
inside the VM then you'd backup the vmdk file via the drive (it would look
like a normal hard drive that you access).
"VanBuran" wrote in message news:4137@public.image...
I have a Virtual Drive that is on a separate hard disk. IE. C:= Operating
System. D:=Virtual Drive.
The question is when I image the virtual drive do I just image the Virtual
file (.VMDK) or the whole hard drive?
Re: Virtual Drive Image and Restore
Thanks for the reply. The vmdk file is a ±40 gig file on the D: drive. When I do the Image, I unmount the Virtual drive open IFW and "Add a Virtual Drive" select the vmdk file and image as normal. Nothing else on the hard drive is imaged. So I am imaging only the VMDK file not the complete hard drive. Will the restore of the vmdk file work as a full restore of the virtual drive?
TeraByte Support wrote:
> depend on what you want to do .. and what you have configured .. if you're
>
> D: is a .vmdk file and shows up as a physical drive with partitions then
> you'd have the option to backup that way, otherwise you'd have to add a
> virtual drive to the list (You'd wan to unmount so not in use). If you're
>
> inside the VM then you'd backup the vmdk file via the drive (it would look
>
> like a normal hard drive that you access).
>
> "VanBuran" wrote in message news:4137@public.image...
>
> I have a Virtual Drive that is on a separate hard disk. IE. C:= Operating
> System. D:=Virtual Drive.
> The question is when I image the virtual drive do I just image the Virtual
>
> file (.VMDK) or the whole hard drive?
TeraByte Support wrote:
> depend on what you want to do .. and what you have configured .. if you're
>
> D: is a .vmdk file and shows up as a physical drive with partitions then
> you'd have the option to backup that way, otherwise you'd have to add a
> virtual drive to the list (You'd wan to unmount so not in use). If you're
>
> inside the VM then you'd backup the vmdk file via the drive (it would look
>
> like a normal hard drive that you access).
>
> "VanBuran" wrote in message news:4137@public.image...
>
> I have a Virtual Drive that is on a separate hard disk. IE. C:= Operating
> System. D:=Virtual Drive.
> The question is when I image the virtual drive do I just image the Virtual
>
> file (.VMDK) or the whole hard drive?