TeraByte Unlimited

Nothing special about backing up a VM from within the VM - when your running
inside the VM, it's just like running on a computer as far as the software
knows.


"tanstaafl" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Hi Terabyte,

I'd really appreciate a response - even if the answer is 'No, there is no
documentation specific to using IFW for backing up VMs.'...

Thanks

tanstaafl wrote:



> Also, are there any other concerns with running IFW on a production server
> that is running as a VM (on ESXi in my case)?
>
> Do you have any documentation specific to VM environments - best
> practices,
> do's and - especially - don'ts? Again, nothing in the Manual about VM
> environments (that I can find).

TeraByte Support wrote:
> Nothing special about backing up a VM from within the VM...

Thanks Terabyte, but looking back I see I was unclear about my specific concern...

I'm much more concerned about the *restore* process. Specifically, with Windows Server, because sometimes Microsoft creates 'obstacles' (intentionally or not) with 3rd party tools like this...

So... is there anything specific I need to know about *restoring* a Windows Server from one of my backup images?

Thanks again, and sorry for not being clear before.

Charles

Also - any chance you can look into why I'm not getting email notifications of Topics I reply to, as I reported here:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ucf/vi ... f=8&t=1220

Thanks

Restoring within a VM is the same as restoring to a machine. So it's
again, the same.

"tanstaafl" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

TeraByte Support wrote:
> Nothing special about backing up a VM from within the VM...

Thanks Terabyte, but looking back I see I was unclear about my specific
concern...

I'm much more concerned about the *restore* process. Specifically, with
Windows Server, because sometimes Microsoft creates 'obstacles'
(intentionally or not) with 3rd party tools like this...

So... is there anything specific I need to know about *restoring* a Windows
Server from one of my backup images?

Thanks again, and sorry for not being clear before.

Charles

Private messaging is disabled, but don't see another setting preventing
forum notification messages unless it's related to that or perhaps getting
caught up in a spam filter???

"tanstaafl" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Also - any chance you can look into why I'm not getting email notifications
of Topics I reply to, as I reported here:

[
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1220
](http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ucf/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1220)

Thanks

TeraByte: What do you think about adding in the scheduling ease of use feature I mentioned earlier?

TeraByte Support wrote:
> Private messaging is disabled, but don't see another setting preventing
> forum notification messages unless it's related to that or perhaps getting
> caught up in a spam filter???

No, I'd already checked that, but danged if they didn't start up again...

Weirdness...

Oh well, thanks for checking...

Windows already has an easy to use and flexible scheduler - we tend to not
like to add bloat to users systems. They have a newer interface but you
basically have to duplicate what that dialog already does for you. But
overall, we'll look at it again....

"LittleB" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

TeraByte: What do you think about adding in the scheduling ease of use
feature I mentioned earlier?

LittleB,

> If TeraByte made a 'friendlier' version of IFW...I would purchase that in a heartbeat.

Perhaps a dual mode version with Basic & Advanced user interface?
--

Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002

LittleB,

> If TeraByte made a 'friendlier' version of IFW...I would purchase that in a heartbeat.

Something rather simple, like having a 'basic' mode and an 'advanced' mode....sure would
boost user base & sales.
--

Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002