VMware

This week I was studying on all the different ways you can create disaster recovery for an ESX3 server. First I looked at VCB, it wasn't a big success because it only works with a FC San and the restore is a bit clumsy. Further on I looked at esxRanger but found it a bit pricey because you have to upgrade to the Pro version since that is the only version that can talk to ESX3. Then my eye felt on a new beta product from VMware called VMware Converter 3.0. I downloaded and installed the software on my VC2 server and thought lets give it a try and discover the possibilities. To my great surprise there is a way to create a "Hot Clone" from a running VM with no downtime. After that I did the restore and everything went perfect. The only disadvantage is that I was unable to find a way to schedule a job.