Free VM Backup
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I'm trying to find a free backup product that is capable of backing up 60-100 VMs across multiple Hyper-V hypervisors, totalling about 12 TB.
Features that are a requirement:
- Hyper-V VSS capable
- Change Tracking (such as RCT, or backup-product-included change tracking) Incrementals
- Agentless (nothing required on guests)
- Non-proprietary format
- Central management
Free products I've already ruled out:
- Amanda
- RBackup
- Windows Server Backup (works, but not a realistic Enterprise solution)
- Free versions of all the paid backup software (Veeam, Unitrends, Zmanda, etc)
- Bareos
- Bacula
- Urbackup
- HVBackup
I'm open to suggestions that cover my listed requirements. There don't seem to be any that I can find, which is the reason for this post, in hopes somebody knows of something.
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@tim_g - I would be interested in seeing what can satisfy those requirements. All those requirements for free seems like a tall order.
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@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
@tim_g - I would be interested in seeing what can satisfy those requirements. All those requirements for free seems like a tall order.
Yeah, but here's to hoping!
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I was going to say UrBackup, but you don't get Change Tracking unless you're using the paid edition.
Honestly, for that list I don't think anything exist in the free space.
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That is quite a lot of VMs. What are you doing for backups now?
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Yes I'm aware that with those requirements, it's unlikely anything free exists. I'm still asking just in case... covering all my bases, trying to come up with a good list of stuff that won't work.
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That many VM's and it is not worth the money to buy a solution?
Just WTF?
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@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
That is quite a lot of VMs. What are you doing for backups now?
There's an existing solution, but is unrelated to my question... so I'm leaving out things like that.
I'm just looking for any possible software that meets some listed requirements that I may not have found.
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@jaredbusch said in Free VM Backup:
That many VM's and it is not worth the money to buy a solution?
Just WTF?You don't want free backup software. Because when it's 3AM and you're trying to do a restore and having an issue you need support. Free means no one verifies that a new patch in windows will not break it.
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@storageninja said in Free VM Backup:
@jaredbusch said in Free VM Backup:
That many VM's and it is not worth the money to buy a solution?
Just WTF?You don't want free backup software. Because when it's 3AM and you're trying to do a restore and having an issue you need support. Free means no one verifies that a new patch in windows will not break it.
Yup
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So is this just an exercise in proving to some exec that you should be paying for a backup and recovery solution?
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@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
So is this just an exercise in proving to some exec that you should be paying for a backup and recovery solution?
It's bigger than that and much more to it, but I won't deny that isn't part of it.
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@tim_g said in Free VM Backup:
@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
So is this just an exercise in proving to some exec that you should be paying for a backup and recovery solution?
It's bigger than that and much more to it, but I won't deny that isn't part of it.
So is someone looking to cut the budget on your existing backup solution with the "it cost to much" but doesn't understand what functionality and features are required and included in the solution you are currently using?
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@tim_g said in Free VM Backup:
@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
So is this just an exercise in proving to some exec that you should be paying for a backup and recovery solution?
It's bigger than that and much more to it, but I won't deny that isn't part of it.
Why don't you just post your ACTUAL situation and business problem and we talk about that? Maybe your existing backup target sucks at dedupe and we could recommend a better target storage that would cover that use case?
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@storageninja said in Free VM Backup:
@tim_g said in Free VM Backup:
@wrx7m said in Free VM Backup:
So is this just an exercise in proving to some exec that you should be paying for a backup and recovery solution?
It's bigger than that and much more to it, but I won't deny that isn't part of it.
Why don't you just post your ACTUAL situation and business problem and we talk about that?
Because:
@tim_g said in Free VM Backup:
I'm just looking for any possible free software that meets some listed requirements that I may not have found.
Nothing more, nothing less. I'm well aware of all other aspects and don't want to go there in this topic, please.
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Can think of free solution with requirement but Altaro Paid version might be a cheaper option depending on the amount of hosts.
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I've been watching this space for a while and am completely unaware of any product existing in it.
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Have you looked at Vembu Free yet? I just glanced at the free vs paid comparison and it may tick all the boxes.
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I looked a little closer and you get all the features free for 3 vms. After 3 the main items like cbt and application aware backups require a license.
"The user can choose between unlimited features – limited VMs (upto 3 VMs) or limited features – unlimited VMs."
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Veeam free using a powershell script.
