I’ve been working on a quick list of pros and cons for each backup
solution. Pricing, backup time, network traffic, hardware, and software are key differences between Avamar and Quantum.

Avamar Best for redoing the entire backup solution or starting from scratch. Client backup software is included, de-dupe on the client side, integration with VMWARE, faster backups, reduced network traffic, higher hardware cost, higher software cost if backing up large amounts of data (several TB) and has a scalability option.

Quantum: Best for adding to existing backup infrastructure, client software is not included, de-dupe is on server end, backup time is limited by speed of network/servers, flexibility, and lower hardware cost.

Why install VMWARE Tools?
Improved display support with SVGA driver
Cut and paste from host onto the VMWare guest
Automation of guest operating system commands
Sync time
Shrinking disk space
Startup and shutdown scripts

In order to install VMWARE tools on Debian, you will need to make sure you have the package “linux-headers-[kernel version]” installed.

If not, you will get a prompt during the configuration asking for the path of the C header files.

To find the version of your kernel, type in:
uname -a

It should say something like Linux infomine 2.6.26-2-amd64 (with your current CPU architecture at the end)

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Ever change the Network MAC address setting in VMWARE and you can’t get the network to work?

Here’s a quick how-to on changing the MAC address on a Linux VM. This is useful if you want to clone an existing machine and want to have both machines running with network at the same time. I am using VMWARE Server 2.0. (free version)