I have a Dell server that has VMware ESXi 5.1.0 on it that is running a Windows Server 2008 VM and a few Ubuntu VMs.
I have scripts to encrypt and backup data to Amazon AWS but only hard files (and scripts for the databases). At the end of the day if the hard drive crashes we have the valuable information.
However, what we don't have is the current structure of the valuable information. In other words, although I could reassemble everything the way it is now, the installation of Windows, Ubuntu with appropriate packages and versions, etc will need to be redone and certainly that is time consuming and potential mistakes could take place.
I wanted to reach out to [H] community to see what others are doing for whole system (bare metal) backup. I realize that there is an onslaught of companies willing to sell their wares but figured that there has to be a golden child in this industry for VMware VMs or even just servers in general.
Not super price sensitive although the budget for something that can be automated is capped at $500 to $1000. I'm looking for something that is completely automated, can backup off site (encryped to the cloud) and has the ability to do local backup as well (network transfer / USB / NAS, etc).
Any suggestions and your real life experience with recommended product?
Thanks in advance.
I have scripts to encrypt and backup data to Amazon AWS but only hard files (and scripts for the databases). At the end of the day if the hard drive crashes we have the valuable information.
However, what we don't have is the current structure of the valuable information. In other words, although I could reassemble everything the way it is now, the installation of Windows, Ubuntu with appropriate packages and versions, etc will need to be redone and certainly that is time consuming and potential mistakes could take place.
I wanted to reach out to [H] community to see what others are doing for whole system (bare metal) backup. I realize that there is an onslaught of companies willing to sell their wares but figured that there has to be a golden child in this industry for VMware VMs or even just servers in general.
Not super price sensitive although the budget for something that can be automated is capped at $500 to $1000. I'm looking for something that is completely automated, can backup off site (encryped to the cloud) and has the ability to do local backup as well (network transfer / USB / NAS, etc).
Any suggestions and your real life experience with recommended product?
Thanks in advance.