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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.
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{{Note box|This document is applicable to ESX3i with an USB boot device. It will most likely not work with other type boot devices}}
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{{Note box|This document is applicable to ESX3i with an USB boot device. It will most likely not work with other type of boot devices}}
    
{{Warning box|As Affa Version 2 is in a BETA state, errors in design and/or implementation cannot be completely eliminated. Therefore take precautions to avoid negative impacts to your system. In particular do not use it on production systems.}}
 
{{Warning box|As Affa Version 2 is in a BETA state, errors in design and/or implementation cannot be completely eliminated. Therefore take precautions to avoid negative impacts to your system. In particular do not use it on production systems.}}
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A script is provided that does this:
 
A script is provided that does this:
To set up ESXi for use with Affa we must:
   
* enable SSH service by configuring inetd.conf and restarting the inetd service
 
* enable SSH service by configuring inetd.conf and restarting the inetd service
 
* install rsync (statically linked binary)
 
* install rsync (statically linked binary)
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[[Image:Affa_esxi_service_console.gif‎]]
 
[[Image:Affa_esxi_service_console.gif‎]]
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Download the tarball. The tarball contains all binaries and the script.  
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Download the tarball. The tarball contains the rsync binary and the script.  
 
  cd /bootbank
 
  cd /bootbank
 
  wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/Affa2/affa-esxi-setup-02.tgz  
 
  wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/Affa2/affa-esxi-setup-02.tgz  
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