Backing up virutal machines running on VMware ESX as images is a rising trend. As ESXRanger is one of the leading software in backing up ESX VMs as images, I have decided to cover the best practices for ESXRanger Quiescing & VSS setting when backing up virtual machines. There is many cautions that you need to follow specially when backing up database virtual machines as images to get consistent images.

Before reinventing the wheel I searched around to see how good is the coverage of this topic over the internet, I found the below guide written by the VirtualizationTeam.com with a great coverage of the topic. I thought it will be very useful to share it with my readers, as plenty of TSM users have purchased vRanger & integrated it with their TSM Solution, to get an easier way to backup VMs. I thought I will spread the guide, before you fall in the pitfall of not following best practices when doing VMs backup. Below is the guide:

ESXRanger Quiescing & VSS Best Practices e-book

You can read the guide online as well on their blog at:

Vizioncore VRanger (Previously ESXRanger) Quiescing & VSS Recommended Settings

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