Command-line version of Cloud Backup is checked-in

We’re live on CodePlex with the first end-to-end (but command-line only) version of Cloud Backup. In summary, this version allows you to export a virtual machine from Hyper-V and upload it to Windows Azure cloud storage for disaster recovery purposes.


>CloudBackupCmd.exe
CloudBackup v1.0 Command line utility
Usage:
  CloudBackupCmd.exe <cmd> <name>
    cmd : Can be one of the following values
      backup - Backup the specified virtual machine
      restore - Restore the specified virtual machine
      listlocal - List local virtual machines
      listremote - List remote virtual machines
      clearremote - Remove all remote virtual machines
    name : Specifies the name of the virtual machine to operate on
  Use the CloudBackupCmd.exe.config file to specify options

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2 Responses to “Command-line version of Cloud Backup is checked-in”

  1. Joannes Vermorel, on May 21st, 2009 at 5:21 am Said:

    Hello Dan, just to let you know that I like your product idea a lot. Backing-up large VM files is a real pain, and most of the backup providers, that we have been (and that we are still) using, poorly handle very large vhd files.

    Just a suggestion: in our experience using a compression algorithm can significantly reduce the VM size. In present case, this could be done on-the-fly.

    Anyway keep up with the good work. :-)

  2. dan, on May 21st, 2009 at 9:18 am Said:

    Yes – we’re using http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/.

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