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	[http://blog.laspina.ca/~~roller~~/~~Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes~~ Ubiquitous: Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation]		[http://blog.laspina.ca/ubiquitous/understanding-vmfs-volumes Ubiquitous: Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation]

	See also:		See also:
	[http://blog.laspina.ca/~~roller~~/~~Ubiquitous/entry/additional_vmfs_backup_automation_script~~ Ubiquitous: Additional VMFS Backup Automation script features]		[http://blog.laspina.ca/ubiquitous/additional-vmfs-backup-automation-script-features Ubiquitous: Additional VMFS Backup Automation script features]

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	Some time ago Mike shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that he found using direct analysis in his blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/~~roller~~/~~Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes~~ Understanding VMFS volumes].		Some time ago Mike shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that he found using direct analysis in his blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/ubiquitous/understanding-vmfs-volumes Understanding VMFS volumes].

	This spawned some discussions on the VMware Community forums and it became apparent that an automated backup of the critical VMFS info could be useful in the event of an undesirable security event that impacts our system availability.		This spawned some discussions on the VMware Community forums and it became apparent that an automated backup of the critical VMFS info could be useful in the event of an undesirable security event that impacts our system availability.
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	We simply need to copy an automation script to this location and it will run daily. Or if your change rate is less frequent maybe the /etc/cron.weekly location is more suitable. ...		We simply need to copy an automation script to this location and it will run daily. Or if your change rate is less frequent maybe the /etc/cron.weekly location is more suitable. ...


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factoryResetESXi.pl

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	author: Mike La Spina		author: Mike La Spina

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Added a few small changes to make the format correct so that it is clear the article with the contents is at Mike La Spina's blog not here.

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	Some time ago I shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that I found using direct analysis in my blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Understanding VMFS volumes]. This spawned some discussions on the VMware Community forums and it became apparent that an automated backup of the critical VMFS info could be useful in the event of an undesirable security event that impacts our system availability. By creating a simple backup script process we can provide the ability to recover much more quickly from such events. In this howto guide we will enable this process with a cron job using the existing /etc/cron.daily/ job location directory. We simply need to copy an automation script to this location and it will run daily. Or if your change rate is less frequent maybe the /etc/cron.weekly location is more suitable. ...		=== factoryResetESXi.pl ===
			author: Mike La Spina

			==== Description ====

			Some time ago Mike shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that he found using direct analysis in his blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Understanding VMFS volumes].

			This spawned some discussions on the VMware Community forums and it became apparent that an automated backup of the critical VMFS info could be useful in the event of an undesirable security event that impacts our system availability.

			By creating a simple backup script process we can provide the ability to recover much more quickly from such events. In this howto guide we will enable this process with a cron job using the existing /etc/cron.daily/ job location directory.

			We simply need to copy an automation script to this location and it will run daily. Or if your change rate is less frequent maybe the /etc/cron.weekly location is more suitable. ...


			==== Location ====

	[http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Ubiquitous: Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation]		[http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Ubiquitous: Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation]

Wila: New page: Some time ago I shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that I found using direct analysis in my blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmf...

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New page: Some time ago I shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that I found using direct analysis in my blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmf...

New page

Some time ago I shared some interesting information about VMFS volumes that I found using direct analysis in my blog named [http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Understanding VMFS volumes]. This spawned some discussions on the VMware Community forums and it became apparent that an automated backup of the critical VMFS info could be useful in the event of an undesirable security event that impacts our system availability. By creating a simple backup script process we can provide the ability to recover much more quickly from such events. In this howto guide we will enable this process with a cron job using the existing /etc/cron.daily/ job location directory. We simply need to copy an automation script to this location and it will run daily. Or if your change rate is less frequent maybe the /etc/cron.weekly location is more suitable. ...

[http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/understanding_vmfs_volumes Ubiquitous: Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation]

See also:
[http://blog.laspina.ca/roller/Ubiquitous/entry/additional_vmfs_backup_automation_script Ubiquitous: Additional VMFS Backup Automation script features]

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