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=== Introduction ===
=== Introduction ===
As of version 2, Affa supports hot backing up virtual machines running on the VMWare ESXi server. It uses the VMware Infrastructure Perl Toolkit to communicate with the EXSi and rsync over ssh to transfer the data. Before the backup starts, the state of the running VM is freezed by creating a snapshot of all its disks. After the freezed virtual disk files were backed up, the snapshot is deleted and the config points to the just backed up disks again. Then, as a last step the config files are backed up.
As of version 2, [[Affa]] supports hot backing up virtual machines running on the VMWare ESXi server. It uses the VMware Infrastructure Perl Toolkit to communicate with the EXSi and rsync over ssh to transfer the data. Before the backup starts, the state of the running VM is freezed by creating a snapshot of all its disks. After the freezed virtual disk files were backed up, the snapshot is deleted and the config points to the just backed up disks again. Then, as a last step the config files are backed up.
A restore of a VM can be done by simply copying back all archived files to the original location on the ESXi host. It is also possible to copy the files to a different directory (or to another ESXi server) and add the vmx file to the inventory.
A restore of a VM can be done by simply copying back all archived files to the original location on the ESXi host. It is also possible to copy the files to a different directory (or to another ESXi server) and add the vmx file to the inventory.
=== Setting up an Affa job ===
=== Setting up an Affa job ===
The following assumes, that you are already familiar with configuring Affa and only focus on the ESXi specific parts.
The following assumes, that you are already familiar with configuring [[Affa]] and only focus on the ESXi specific parts.
Assume you want to backup the virtual machine named 'myvm' on ESXi server with IP 10.200.48.5.
Assume you want to backup the virtual machine named 'myvm' on ESXi server with IP 10.200.48.5.
strip rsync-static
strip rsync-static
=== References ===
Wiki article [[Affa]]
[[Category:Howto]]
[[Category:Howto]]
[[Category: Backup]]
[[Category: Backup]]
