I was wondering if this is possible or if anyone has tried this.
ESXi 5.0 with update 1
DR Server 2.0.1
The idea I have is to Use DR Server on the ESXi host it will be backing up.
In other words, DR Server is a VM within the ESXi host. So is VCenterServer by the way.
DR Server will be backing up all the VM's on the ESXi host it lies on.
It Will backup to a separate HD attached to the ESXi host, a different datastore than the VM's are on.
So far I have all this setup and running. No problems backing up or restoring things. It works well.
My question is ... What happens if I loose the datastore where all the VM's are stored and I need to restore the entire box.
My idea is this ... Since the Datastore the DR Server was writing to is separate, can I just rebuild the ESXi host then add DRServer (and vcenterserver) and then add the Datastore from the original DR Server HD? Will the catalogue rebuild and show all the original Servers so I can select them and restore them ?
-Thanks for any responses ...
-Richard