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Originally Posted by justinm
Thanks Rock,
I think that clears things up. Just to ensure I undertand correctly:
1. You can run a Hyper-V 'snapshot' of my VM, but not a good way to backup for the reasons you mention.
2. If I buy 3rd party backup software, e.g. True Image, this will need to be installed on/run from the parent server by yourselves. Service not currently available but something you're working on.
Assuming I've understood correctly, any idea when the latter might be available?
Regards,
Justin
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Hi Justin,
You're welcome
Yes, almost both the points you mentioned are correct, as in the second one, [you needn't purchase anything] we'd be installing the software on the host/parent server for you.
We're testing various backup methods (full, differential, etc) using these 3 (& more) backup applications. Each one has its own specialty & importance. But we need to choose the best one which would be 100% efficient in backing up the data & restoring it, keeping in mind that the performance of the host servers isn't hampered..
Also, we're working on a separate backup script, which would take the VM offline [clean shutdown] whenever the backup needs to be taken, copy the .vhd virtual hard disk files (not snapshots) to a backup location, & then power your virtual machines back on. If you're able to shutdown your machines during some regular interval, I've found this is the best way to backup virtual machines so far.
It'd take sometime, but would be readied soon as backups are one of the most important factors in the web hosting industry, which both the sides hugely rely upon