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#1 2020-01-27 16:09:08

cdasn
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Registered: 2020-01-27
Posts: 12

Help choosing correct product.

Hello there,

We are using XSIBackup Free Version for almost a year now.
We are satisfied with the product and are thinking about upgrading to Pro or DC version.

Here is our setup:

Datacenter 1
[ESXI 1 with public IP]
XSIBackup 1

Datacenter 2 (different location than Datacenter 1)
[ESXI 2 with public IP]
XSIBackup 2

Every night or so:
1 -> XSIBackup 1 backup local backups of running VM.
2 -> XSIBackup 2 backup local backups of running VM.
3 -> XSIBackup 1 backup local backups of running VM to XSI Backup 2 using --backup-prog=rsync
4 -> XSIBackup 1 backup local backups of running VM to XSI Backup 2 using --backup-prog=rsync

Here is one remote backup conf example:
"/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/xsi-dir/xsibackup" \
--backup-point=XX.XX.XX.XX:XXXX:/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/backup \
--backup-type=custom \
--backup-vms=xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xxxxx,xxxxx \
--backup-prog=rsync \
--use-smtp=1 \
--mail-to=xxxxx@xxxxxx.com \
--backup-id=003 \
--description="Remote backup of ESXi-1 VM's on ESXi-2 (datastore2)" \
--test-mode=false \
--exec=yes >> "/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/xsi-dir/var/logs/xsibackup.log"

Our mean goal is to reduce remote backup total time.

What would be our best upgrade option? Pro/DC? Why?

[edit: sorry if my post is not in the correct section]

Last edited by cdasn (2020-01-27 16:48:28)

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#2 2020-01-27 17:06:35

admin
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Registered: 2017-04-21
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Re: Help choosing correct product.

Undoubtedly (c)XSIBackup-DC will be your best option. From a conceptual point of view it is the same as (c)XSIBackup-Pro, DC is much faster though. It has been totally redesigned from scratch and reprogrammed in plain C and Assembler. Just try the Free version in some spare server, you won't use anything else since you do.

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#3 2020-01-29 07:10:59

cdasn
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Re: Help choosing correct product.

Hello, thanks for your feedback. Do you know how long is the trial for the DC version?

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#4 2020-01-29 10:09:54

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Re: Help choosing correct product.

The trial will work for six hours after each reboot with VMs up to 60GB

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