What backup (on a budget) tool?

I can there are a LOT of people ask similar questions, but have not found an answer that fits my needs. So here goes...

I'm done with 3 physical hosts... and a vShpere Essentials Plus license

HostA = ESXi4 + iSCSI SAN

HostB = ESXi4 + iSCSI SAN storage Local - Physicallly 1-2km away hooked by direct fiber

HostC = Win2K3 with vShpere top

I know that I've got VCB somewhere in the present, and I started playing with GhettoVCB, but he found unreliable, I had to keep tweaking it works well. So I searched a commercial tool and handed around teams of consultants that came with a package of $30,000 (pft)!

So I started watching Veam Backup, the demo on their site looked easy, but I couldn't get it installed and works here. Then I started watching Wrangeler VCB and other stuff, but nothing that seems to do what I want.

My goal is simply to take a hot shot on HostA and then copy it from the SAN on a Local disk on the host b. The HostA and host b have access to the same SAN. If the building with HostA burns or is flooded, I'm leaving just the snapshot on host b and the machine is right when it was stopped.

I want faf around tapes or other bullshit, we have no 3rd party backup of things, and we are not approved for vMotion or vStorage motion or anything.

So what's the way to more simple maintenance and low, to do the job?  VCB will he leave HostC?

Essentials plus you also have data recovery module.  You can get more information on that here - http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/datarecovery-vcb.

Dave

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