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Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Hello,
Could I use Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing in the same Veeam job (Veeam VSS for most VM, but VMware Tools Quiescing for some) ?
Thx
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Boris EY
Could I use Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing in the same Veeam job (Veeam VSS for most VM, but VMware Tools Quiescing for some) ?
Thx
Regards,
Boris EY
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Hello, yes you can. VMware Tools quiescence, if enabled in the advanced settings, will be automatically used for all VMs for which you do not have application-aware processing enabled. Thanks!
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Thx for your reply Gostev
Veeam is a awesome product.
With a 2 opteron 6 cores hardware the speed is great should I use optimal or best compression with this kind of hardware ? (2-3 jobs running in parallel)
2 replication jobs (every hour) and some backup jobs
Veeam is a awesome product.
With a 2 opteron 6 cores hardware the speed is great should I use optimal or best compression with this kind of hardware ? (2-3 jobs running in parallel)
2 replication jobs (every hour) and some backup jobs
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Wow, use Best of course... no reason not to put those 12 cores to work for sake of even smaller backups files storage is most expensive thing!
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Pre/post scripts in 5.0.1.198
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I've searched and seen some threads on this, but I want to confirm the current behaviour.
Is this still true:
a) The only way to run scripts before and after a VM backup is to enable VMware tools quiescence.
b) If I enable application aware image processing on the backup job, VMware tools quiescence is not used, regardless of the setting.
The situation:
I have a backup job with around 20 VMs. I have one VM that I need to run before/after scripts on. I don't want to disable application aware processing for that entire job, just so I can run a before/after script on one VM. So this really means I need to create a separate backup job for that one VM, and disable the Veeam VSS support on it?
I've searched and seen some threads on this, but I want to confirm the current behaviour.
Is this still true:
a) The only way to run scripts before and after a VM backup is to enable VMware tools quiescence.
b) If I enable application aware image processing on the backup job, VMware tools quiescence is not used, regardless of the setting.
The situation:
I have a backup job with around 20 VMs. I have one VM that I need to run before/after scripts on. I don't want to disable application aware processing for that entire job, just so I can run a before/after script on one VM. So this really means I need to create a separate backup job for that one VM, and disable the Veeam VSS support on it?
Re: Pre/post scripts in 5.0.1.198
Hello,
Yes, a) and b) are correct.
Pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts are triggered by means of VMware tools that's why you should have the quiescence enabled.
You don't necessarily have to split that VM into a single job, please refer to this post of Anton for explanation.
Yes, a) and b) are correct.
Pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts are triggered by means of VMware tools that's why you should have the quiescence enabled.
You don't necessarily have to split that VM into a single job, please refer to this post of Anton for explanation.
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Alexey - thanks for the quick reply. I will disable Veeam VSS for that VM only.
It would be handy if Veeam had a way to do some form of pre/post scripts without requiring VMware quiescence being enabled (and Veeam VSS disabled). I could definitely see the need to run scripts against a VM that also has VSS aware apps on it.
It would be handy if Veeam had a way to do some form of pre/post scripts without requiring VMware quiescence being enabled (and Veeam VSS disabled). I could definitely see the need to run scripts against a VM that also has VSS aware apps on it.
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
If the application aware processing fails, will it use vmware tools as a "failover?"
(I'm thinking no--since application aware's failure options do not include "use vmware tools quiescence if application aware fails)
Thanks,
Dave
(I'm thinking no--since application aware's failure options do not include "use vmware tools quiescence if application aware fails)
Thanks,
Dave
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Re: Veeam VSS and VMware Tools Quiescing
Hi Dave, we have this question covered in great details in the User Guide (page 30), please have a look there!
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