ghettoVCB VS restic

What are you trying to backup? VMs or the host itself? If host, hypervisors are usually meant to be disposable since you can import config from VMFS and VMX. You can backup configuration files within ESXi just to not redo complicated networking config. If you want to backup VMs, use any 3rd party software (yes, there are no built-in backups). If you are running free ESXi, you are pretty much forced to use agent-based backup or use scripts from Github - https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB.

All of the hypervisors you've mentioned (Proxmox, ESXi, XCP-NG) are capable of PCI passthrough, so it really boils down to which one you're comfortable with. ESXi is feature-limited regarding backups (unless you acquire a paid vSphere license or choose to use ghettoVCB).

ghettoVCB ( https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB ).

VMware ESXi Free (or vSphere Hypervisor) is a great option, however, it has limitations. The main limitation is that storage api is limited, and you can't use Veeam or alternatives to backup VMs. You can use ghettoVCB with free ESXi. https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB

Oh, got it. You can try using GhettoVCB with free ESXi. https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB

In case you are planning to use ESXi free, you can use ghettoVCB to backup your VMs. https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB

Back up the existing server's configuration and restore on to a new disk. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2042141 https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB

Veeam has no such option. For ESXi configuration backup you can use ESXi Configuration Backup Tool or GhettoVCB. https://www.vladan.fr/free-esxi-configuration-backup-tool/ https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB

Backups - either use Veeam at the OS level or leverage ghettoVCB to do backups from the ESX host itself using snapshots (I use the latter, personally) and replicate them to your backup NAS.

Restic - GitHub

I religiously use Google contacts. It's the simplest way to keep people contacts up to date on Android.

I archive all important documents in specific folders by subject and date. This is backed up to back blaze with restic. https://restic.net/

I use https://ente.io for pictures. I convinced my wife to use it, and she agreed to auto share her photos so I don't nag her for copies. It had simple import from Facebook and Google.

I also keep extensive journals, which really helps to tie it all together. I can basically grep for hangouts, conversations, etc.

I also separate work journal from personal, and have essentially a journal for each project. https://jodavaho.io/tags/bullet-journal.html for how.

I religiously use Google calendar for all plans, you can easily search it for past events to get dates.

I also use monicahq for some notes about things I should remember about people but the habit never stuck.

After Borg, I switched to Restic:

https://restic.net/

AFAIK, the only difference is that Restic doesn't require Restic installed on the remote server, so you can efficiently backup to things like S3 or FTP. Other than that, both are fantastic.

I'm curious, too. I know they've had some issues in the past:

https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3268#issuecomment-78...

On the other hand, I tested around 15,000 backups last year (multiple hourly backups, daily tests) and they all passed.

I use and recommend restic. I use it for about 60 machines on my LAN, and it's absolutely fantastic.