{"id":132,"date":"2014-08-18T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vdssystems.wordpress.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2014-08-18T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:45:43","slug":"backup-free-vmware-esxi-5-x-standalone-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdssystems.be\/en\/2014\/08\/backup-free-vmware-esxi-5-x-standalone-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup free vmware ESXi 5.x standalone server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hello<\/p>\n<p>some of my customers has stand alone servers running only 3 or 4 vm machines on it and ESXi host is installed with a free license key. Since these vm&#8217;s needed to be backed up I tried 2 backup solutions: veeam 6 and backup exec 2014<\/p>\n<p>first I tried backup exec 2014. it just wouldn&#8217;t backup and de snapshot wasnt possible<\/p>\n<p>Second I tried veeam backup. most of the time this product works well for me, but I was wrong. \u00a0it also failed to back up<\/p>\n<p>veeam was more clear in the error. it said that the license of the esx just was not supported. so I added a NFR esxi standard license on the host and voila backup exec 2014 and veeam can back up now<\/p>\n<p>If anyone else had this problem im curious to found out how you solved it or if you experienced similar.<\/p>\n<p>so leave a message<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hello some of my customers has stand alone servers running only 3 or 4 vm machines on it and ESXi host is installed with a free license key. 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