SID-01303: backup of twikivm

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Hi all, I installed the TwikiVM using VMware Player in a Windows 7 PC. It perfectly works, but now I would like to backup my twiki. I read that it is possible to access the twikiVM through Internet Explorer or through Windows Explorer giving file://twiki-vm, but it doesn't work at all. I went to the VM installation to check the samba configuration, and I saw that samba is not running, and that /etc/samba/smb.conf doesn't even exits. Is there anything wrong with the installation I did? How can I access and backup my files? Thanks

-- MassimilianoChiorboli - 2011-10-24

Discussion and Answer

Simply backup the directory that contains your virtual machine of TWiki, named such as TWiki-VM-5.1.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-10-25

Thanks Peter, but I read here:

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiVMDebianStable#Backup

"Caution: DO NOT set your backup software (such as Backup Exec) to automatically process the VMWare file itself while the VM is running--use only a network-shared folder or stop the VM. Otherwise it will crash the virtual machine; this is a known issue and is frequently brought up on the VMWare site. You should set it up to backup when the VMWare server isn't running; otherwise it will break."

So, it seems that the practice you suggest is discouraged. Did anything change since then?

Thanks again.

-- MassimilianoChiorboli - 2011-10-26

I forgot to add that I would like to keep the twiki always running, and launch cronJobs or Windows Services to automatically backup it.

-- MassimilianoChiorboli - 2011-10-26

See Google:VMware+backup and http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-backup-FAQ

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-10-26

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