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  • 1.  question about ghettoVCB

    Posted Jun 08, 2011 06:06 PM

    does ghettoVCB have the ability to do block level backups of just the changed data? We have some huge databases (TBs in size) that have only a few MB change...I'd like to backup only the changed data if I could. (trying to avoid the old diff/full thing in SQL..the fulls take 4 days)

    Also, I noticed that VCB in general has been replaced by VDR...is there a ghetto way to use VDR?



  • 2.  RE: question about ghettoVCB
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 09, 2011 03:14 AM

    No, ghettoVCB leverages vmkfstools to clone a given VMDK and that does not support any type of CBT (Change Block Tracking) and no there is no ghettoVDR

    If you're looking for CBT support, you will need to look into paid solutions such as VMware vDR, Veeam Backup & Replication, PHD, etc.