VMBackup
Description
This utility will backup a VMWare Server, VMWare Workstation, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox Virtual Machine either locally or remotely.
Supported Virtual Machine software and environments
This utility runs on Unix/Linux/Mac OSX operating systems running VMware Server 1.0, VMware Server 2.0 Beta, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion (command line only) and VirtualBox (Only supported in the new unstable release).
Features
- Allows backups and restores via the command line or by a point and click Wizard
- Designed to be run automatically using the standard Unix/Linux cron and at commands
- All options are selectable from the command line, no editing of text files or scripts required
- Supports Multiple archive formats: Unix Tar uncompressed or compressed with gzip or bzip2, Windows Zip archives, CD/DVD ISO Images and plain directory replication.
- Supports both hot (Using VMware or LVM snapshots) and cold backups
- Can backup to remote Unix/Linux computer systems using using standard ssh protocol
Getting it
The vmbackup utility is a free open-source utility available under the GPL-3 license
The newest version is always available for download on the download page here.
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