This section describes how to backup and restore virtual machine running on VMware.
Double-click on the OBM desktop icon or right-click on the system tray icon:
vCenter Items |
Description |
Hosts and Clusters |
VM host and cluster, virtual hard disk information. |
VM Templates |
Contains virtual machine templates. |
Datastores and Datastore Clusters |
Contains information about the data stores and data store cluster in the inventory. |
Networking |
Configuration of vSphere distributed switch and network settings. |
Settings - Licensing |
vCenter and host information. |
Settings - Server Settings |
vCenter server settings such as licensing, statistic and timeout information etc. |
Settings - Custom Attributes |
Custom attributes for the VM summary. |
Settings - Message of the Day |
Message of the day in vCenter. |
Settings - Roles |
Information on the login user privilege. |
Settings - Host Profiles |
Configuration details of a specific host. |
Settings - Scheduled Tasks |
Scheduled action for the VM |
Continue to the next steps for instruction to remove the missing hard disk from the virtual machine's configuration.
For original virtual machine with no snapshot
For original virtual machine with snapshot (non-VDDK mode)
Important Serious problem may occur if the configuration files are incorrectly modified; it may prevent the virtual machine from starting. Please only perform the following procedures if you have in-depth knowledge on VMware product.
${VM-Location}\${VM-Name}.vmsd
Example: Snapshot 1, SCSI (0:2) Disk 2 is removed.
.encoding = "UTF-8" snapshot.lastUID = "1" snapshot.numSnapshots = "1" snapshot.current = "1" snapshot0.uid = "1" snapshot0.filename = "Windows 2008 Snapshot1.vmsn" snapshot0.displayName = "Snapshot1" snapshot0.description = "" snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "309233" snapshot0.createTimeLow = "1291281261" snapshot0.numDisks = "3" snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0" snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1" snapshot0.disk2.fileName = "Windows 2008-2.vmdk" snapshot0.disk2.node = "scsi0:2"
.encoding = "UTF-8" snapshot.lastUID = "1" snapshot.numSnapshots = "1" snapshot.current = "1" snapshot0.uid = "1" snapshot0.filename = "Windows 2008 Snapshot1.vmsn" snapshot0.displayName = "Snapshot1" snapshot0.description = "" snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "309233" snapshot0.createTimeLow = "1291281261" snapshot0.numDisks = "3" snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0" snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"
${VM-Location}\${VM-Name}.vmsd
Example:
Snapshot 1, if one of the disks is removed, updates the value of snapshot0.numDisks.encoding = "UTF-8" snapshot.lastUID = "1" snapshot.numSnapshots = "1" snapshot.current = "1" snapshot0.uid = "1" snapshot0.filename = "Windows 2008 Snapshot1.vmsn" snapshot0.displayName = "Snapshot1" snapshot0.description = "" snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "309233" snapshot0.createTimeLow = "1291281261" snapshot0.numDisks = "3" snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0" snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"
snapshot0.numDisks = "3"
To
snapshot0.numDisks = "2"
.encoding = "UTF-8" snapshot.lastUID = "1" snapshot.numSnapshots = "1" snapshot.current = "1" snapshot0.uid = "1" snapshot0.filename = "Windows 2008 Snapshot1.vmsn" snapshot0.displayName = "Snapshot1" snapshot0.description = "" snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "309233" snapshot0.createTimeLow = "1291281261" snapshot0.numDisks = "2" snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0" snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "Windows 2008-1.vmdk" snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"
Important: The restored virtual machine does not support the reversion of previous snapshots if they contain virtual disks not restored.