Category Archives: backups

Recover a VM from the vm–flat.vmdk file

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Last week I was onsite with a new customer, spending some time familiarizing myself with their existing infrastructure.  They are running vSphere 4.1 on Dell servers and EqualLogic storage.  While the hardware layout was solid and installed well, it quickly … Continue reading →

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Every dedupe rose has some thorns

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I recently had a customer ask me about migrating backup data out of an old Data Domain appliance.  As this sort of question has come up before, I will share my thoughts with the rest of you as well. First … Continue reading →

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