Our entire environment is running on virtual machines backing up to Data 
Domain.  We haven't seen any issues with them being virtual and EMC has fully 
supported them for us. 

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Stanley R. Horwitz
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:27 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] networker server as VM

Dave,

Does EMC support deploying NetWorker in a virtual server environment? With the 
heavy network bandwidth that backups typically require, as well as high 
processor load, I couldn't imagine virtualizing a backup server in any 
environment where there are more than just a few backup clients. It also seems 
to me that hosting a virtualized backup server in the same VMware complex that 
is being backed up amounts to putting all of one's eggs in a single basket. 
What happens if the ESX server that host's the NetWorker server crashes, or its 
storage crashes?

On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:10 PM, <dave2 AT CAMBRIDGECOMPUTER DOT COM<mailto:dave2 
AT CAMBRIDGECOMPUTER DOT COM>> wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering what folks experience was with having their NetWorker server 
configured as a VM?


I'm specifically thinking about the need to have a local device for indexes and 
bootstraps. How have you dealt with that in an all tape (or FC-only
VTL) environment?