954,301 Members — Technology Publication meets Social Media
Username:
Password:
Lost login information?
Have something to say? Contribute New Article Reply to this Article

Windows Home Server and Virtual Machines

I know it's possible to install WHS on a virtual machine with VMWare Workstation, versions 6 and 8. But the question that I have is more of how to do something with that virtual drives for the VM.

If anyone knows, is there a possible way to RAID two virtual drives in a manor that they will then have a copy on one drive then the other?

If not then I'll just resort to scheduled shutdowns of the WHS VM and batch copy the "*".vmdk files from the VM Drive location to a storage location and rename them as they finish the copy so the VM starts back up with little to no issue.

Thanks ahead of time for the assistance.

DAS-03590
Junior Poster in Training
60 posts since May 2010
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
 
CimmerianX
Junior Poster
170 posts since Jul 2010
Reputation Points: 22
Solved Threads: 29
 

I just want it to stay as one machine...

One machine, OS.vmdk and then the two DATA.vmdk Drives... But I want the DATA.vmdk drives to be set in RAID to be mirrored if possible.

DAS-03590
Junior Poster in Training
60 posts since May 2010
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
 

What I mean is, if all you are after is a backup of the drive. Clone the VM, then power off the clone and backup THAT vmdk file.

CimmerianX
Junior Poster
170 posts since Jul 2010
Reputation Points: 22
Solved Threads: 29
 

Sorry I was looking at that in a different way. I was more focused on doing RAIDed VM Drives...

DAS-03590
Junior Poster in Training
60 posts since May 2010
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
 

This question has already been solved

Post: Markdown Syntax: Formatting Help
You