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Re: [Veritas-bu] VMWARE Backup question - 6.5 Good News - Off Topic
2007-08-16 14:05:38
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Not specific to addressing Kevin's original question ......
VMware at present doesn't have any intention in allowing you to backup a guest's vmdk file without the use of it's Windows Proxy server (yes you could manually script "around" it with what is now automatically the function of a their Proxy Server) and at present supports file based backups for Windows OS's only (Linux OS's are FULL's only, no individual file restores).
In 6.5 the Advanced Client is replaced with Snapshot Client. It provides the same snapshot capability as before, but with a tight and seamless integration into VMware's Integration Module.
When 6.5.1 is out around December, though the Proxy Server will still be required, some of VMware's integration module functions will be in part bypassed and the Veritas Snapshot Client process will handle the mounting process of the vmdk files etc ... which also will allow for the ability in providing file based restore capabilities for Linux. (from Veritas Integration PM)
-sj
>>> "Steven L. Sesar" <ssesar AT mitre DOT org> 08/16/07 10:15 AM >>>
There's no ESX server client - that said, I don't know about 6.5 or what Symantec's road map might include in the VMWare space. VI3 does come with a solution, VCB (VMWare Consolidated Backup). That's probably what he should be using to protect his ESX boxes. In a DR scenario, an ESX server hosting, say, 15 guest machines, the only way to get them back is to restore one host at a time.
Jeff Lightner wrote:
VMWARE Backup question
No – I think he is saying he has no issues backing up the virtual machines on top of vmware. What he wants to do is backup the underlying “real” machine so he can restore vmware itself. (i.e. Backup what would be there if there were no virtual machines setup yet.)
In that case there is no “C” drive because vmware is Linux rather than Windows. You’d have to have a client installed there. NetBackup comes with RedHat Linux clients but I don’t know if there is a vmware client.
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 1
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 2
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 3
Verify that Host_1 (in my example above) is in DNS and make sure you specify host_1 in your policy with the C:. I'd also make sure you exclude the directories with your virtual machines in them. Forget about Virtual Machines, this is just a standard file level backup of that server.
I am backing up the virtual clients just fine, using standard NetBackup procedures.
I want to backup the actual servers C drive, not one of the VMWARE client's.
I believe I am just using the wrong terminology.
It is not even getting connected, because it keeps getting the 58 and 29 status codes on the backup.
I'm not sure what the "core" is, but if you are backing up the disk files or data that resides on the master / host then you have to specify that host name in the policy. If you want data on the virtual disks (not the virtual disks themselves) then you have to install the NBU client on the virtual machine and use that host name.
Think of backing up virtual machines like backing up cluster resources. If you want a resource the cluster (virtual machine) has use the cluster (virtual machine) name. If you want the node (host / master) info then use that hostname. As usual, make sure all these names and IPs are in DNS, both forward and reverse.
Ok, I am going to try and not sound too stupid about this. I am new to backing up VMWARE and a little confused.
We have a Windows 2003 , running VMWARE Workstation 5. Well, we loaded NetBackup client on the 2 VMWARE clients, also running Windows 2003, and they both backed up successfully.
We loaded the NetBackup client on the core area of the server and keep getting a status code 58, for the first try and then a status code 24 for the second try. I was told, as long as I am not backing up the dsk files, I should be able to do a normal backup of the core area.
I have done all the normal troubleshooting for 58 & 24 status codes but nothing seems to work.
I can ping the master server from the core area and I can also do a traceroute.
Anybody have any idea what I am missing?
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