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Backup and Recovery Snapshots for VMware ESX Server With Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System

Ryan Arneson, September 2009

Introduction

This implementation guide shows methods for performing array-based backup and recovery operations for VMware ESX Server and VMware vSphere virtual machine environments using the snapshot, clone, rollback, and replication features of the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• 1 Overview
• 2 Scope
  • 2.1 Configuration Details
  • 2.2 Assumptions
• 3 Snapshot Overview
  • 3.1 Types of Snapshots
  • 3.2 Configuring VMware ESX for Snapshots
• 4 Creating Snapshots
  • 4.1 Cold Snapshots
  • 4.2 Warm Snapshots
  • 4.3 Hot Snapshots
• 5 Recovering From Snapshots
  • 5.1 Recovery With Rollback
  • 5.2 Manual File-Level Recovery
  • 5.3 Clone and Manual File-Level Recovery
• 6 Example Warm Snapshot Script

For More Information

Here are additional resources.

Sun Storage Resources

• Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System web site
• Sun Open Storage web page
• Sun Storage Solutions web page
• Discussions, such as the Sun Storage forums and the Sun Hardware - Servers forums
• Wikis, such as the Sun Storage Administration wiki and the BigAdmin Storage Tech Tips wiki
• Storage Stop Blog
• Resources on BigAdmin, such as the Storage resource collection (includes community submissions)

General Sun Links

• Sun download site
• Sun training courses web site
• Discussions, such as Sun forums and the BigAdmin Discussions collection
• Product documentation at http://docs.sun.com and the Documentation Center
• Sun wikis, such as the Sun BluePrints wiki and the BigAdmin wiki
• Support:
  • Sun resources:
    • Register your Sun gear
    • Services
    • SunSolve Online
  • Community system administration experts

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