topic Re: SnapCreator in Linux VMware guest with RDM? in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SnapCreator-in-Linux-VMware-guest-with-RDM/m-p/37397#M3746 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Wessel,</P><P></P><P>I think we answered this on internal email thread but to summarize</P><P></P><P>SC can backup Oracle or any DB it supports running in a VM guest with RDMs. As long as the App data is separate from VM itself. SC has no way to quiesce VMware ie: do a vmware snapshot.</P><P></P><P>You could additionaly do an FS flush in SC but you need to provide the command</P><P></P><P>examples for unix are "sync" command</P><P></P><P>and windows has a tool called <A href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx" title="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx" target="_blank">SysInternals sync.exe</A></P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P></P><P>Keith</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:39:17 GMT ktenzer 2010-06-01T17:39:17Z SnapCreator in Linux VMware guest with RDM? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SnapCreator-in-Linux-VMware-guest-with-RDM/m-p/37391#M3745 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does SnapCreator backup &amp; recovery work in the following environment?</P><P></P><P>Linux Guest running Oracle on vSphere</P><P>Data stored on FC rdm's</P><P></P><P>Many Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:14:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SnapCreator-in-Linux-VMware-guest-with-RDM/m-p/37391#M3745 wessel 2025-06-05T07:14:11Z Re: SnapCreator in Linux VMware guest with RDM? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SnapCreator-in-Linux-VMware-guest-with-RDM/m-p/37397#M3746 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Wessel,</P><P></P><P>I think we answered this on internal email thread but to summarize</P><P></P><P>SC can backup Oracle or any DB it supports running in a VM guest with RDMs. As long as the App data is separate from VM itself. SC has no way to quiesce VMware ie: do a vmware snapshot.</P><P></P><P>You could additionaly do an FS flush in SC but you need to provide the command</P><P></P><P>examples for unix are "sync" command</P><P></P><P>and windows has a tool called <A href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx" title="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx" target="_blank">SysInternals sync.exe</A></P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P></P><P>Keith</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:39:17 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SnapCreator-in-Linux-VMware-guest-with-RDM/m-p/37397#M3746 ktenzer 2010-06-01T17:39:17Z