Hi Raj
Yes, there are many people using SnapMirror with ESX
datastores, both NFS and VMFS LUNs (both iSCSI and FCP).
As far as crash consistency, you can get consistent backup
using SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure in conjunction with VMware
Tools VSS provider (ESX 3.5 u2 or later) for those applications that are VSS
compatible. For those that aren't, or have a scriptable hot
backup mode, you can call scripts from VMware Tools. Pre and post
scripts are documented in the Virtual Machine Backup Guide (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_vm_backup.pdf).
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Peter
Hi,
Anyone used SnapMirror successfully with ESX LUN's
?
I realise it will only be a crash-consistent copy and I have to enable
LUN re-signaturing for ESX to pick it up but this seems like a handy way for me
to backup a few DMZ VM's on a LUN (on a seperate secured iSCSI vlan) to another
LUN on the same SAN.
Cheers,
Raj.