I did find this in the release notes.
New Backup Software Support
The integration modules provided by VMware to enable Consolidated Backup
support the following backup software:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4
Legato NetWorker 7.4
Symantec Backup Exec 11d, 12
Symantec NetBackup 6.0
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_vcb15_rel_notes.html
kgehring wrote:
> The interesting thing about the link is that EMC Legato Networker is
> not on the supported list ;-)
>
> Oh well, maybe someday....................
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Terry Lemons <lemons_terry < at > emc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > A new version of
> > http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vcb_partner_integration_guide.pdf was
> > posted just a few days ago, FYI.
> >
> > tl
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER < at >
> > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Rutherford, Rodney
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:58 AM
> > To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [Networker] How to set up for VMware master server backups
> >
> > Stan,
> >
> > You need to grab the Virtual Machine Backup Guide and read through that.
> >
> > The "proxy" is a Windows host that VMware Consolidated Backup is
> > installed on, along
> > with the NetWorker client, and the VMware Integration Module to Legato
> > Networker .
> > That host also must be SAN attached and have access to all of the ESX
> > host(s) SAN volumes.
> > Couple of gotcha's with that as well:
> >
> > - LUN numbers for the SAN volumes must be the same on the ESX
> > hosts and VCB Proxy
> > (I just looked at the release notes on VCB 1.1 and this is not
> > necessary in
> > certain cases now.)
> > - The windows auto drive letter assignment must be disabled on
> > the proxy
> > - You cannot use powerpath, multipathing, etc. Just use a
> > single FC connection
> > from the proxy to the SAN.
> > - The proxy needs to have a dedicated volume large enough to
> > hold all of
> > the guests that will be backed up at one time. I usually
> > assign a single
> > large san volume for that.
> >
> > The save_vcb.bat command actually lives on the proxy.
> >
> > A rough overview of the backup process is:
> >
> > - NetWorker kicks off the backup
> > - Contacts the networker client on the proxy
> > - the proxy gets the list of vm guests to backup from the
> > saveset list
> > - the save_vcb.bat script and related configs define the local
> > tmp
> > space, the virtualcenter host, etc. This info is passed off
> > to VCB.
> > - VCB contacts virtualcenter, verifies guests
> > - VCB snapshots the guests
> > - VCB mounts the san volumes hosting the guest data
> > - VCB copies the guest data to a tmp space
> > - NetWorker then backs up each guest from the tmp space
> > - VCB unmounts the san volumes hosting the guest data
> >
> > Note that this does NOT backup the actual ESX host. For that, you need
> > the
> > Service Console Backup Enablers for NetWorker installed on the ESX host,
> > which provides the necessary dependencies to install the NetWorker
> > client
> > on it. You then backup the ESX host (NOT guests), as a standard Linux
> > client.
> >
> > Rodney
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER < at >
> > > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU]
> > > On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
> > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:19 AM
> > > To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
> > > Subject: [Networker] How to set up for Vmware master server backups
> > >
> > > Greetings everyone:
> > >
> > > A colleague who has a Vmware ESX server and I are trying to figure out
> > > how
> > > to back it up and the VMs it hosts (and their storage out on our SAN).
> > > I
> > > have been searching PowerLink for help, this list's web site, and
> > > Vmware's
> > > web site, but I don't see anything that actually tells me how to do
> > > this.
> > >
> > > The closest I can find is page 77 on the NetWorker Administrator's
> > > Guide. I
> > > am using NetWorker 7.4.1 on Solaris 10 to backup a Vmware server
> > >
> > that's
> >
> > > hosted on a Windows 2003 box.
> > >
> > > On page 77, it references a VMware proxy server, but there is no
> > > explanation
> > > as to what that is. Could someone please explain? I am assuming its my
> > > NetWorker server, but maybe not.
> > >
> > > I am also confused as to what I put into the saveset field? I have
> > > tried
> > > numerous strings, but nothing works. My colleague who set up this
> > > Vmware
> > > server also installed the Consolidated Backup framework on it, and it
> > > seems
> > > to bring with it the NetWorker Remote Service, which is running. Do I
> > > also
> > > need to install the NetWorker base client?
> > >
> > > When I try doing a backup, I get something like the following save
> > > group
> > > report:
> > >
> > > NetWorker savegroup: (alert) test7 completed, Total 1 client(s), 1
> > > Failed.
> > > Please see group completion details for more information.
> > >
> > > Failed: vmanage2.temple
> > >
> > > Start time: Fri Oct 3 11:05:04 2008
> > > End time: Fri Oct 3 11:05:05 2008
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
> > >
> > > * vmanage2.temple:c\:*ALLVMFS* 1 retry attempted
> > > * vmanage2.temple:c\:*ALLVMFS* save_vcb.bat: Command not found
> > > See the file /nsr/tmp/sg/test7/sso.vmanage2.temple.MraivL for details.
> > > This
> > > file may be removed after Fri Oct 10 11:05:04 2008.
> > >
> > > I put in that save_vcb.bat command in the applications field and I
> > >
> > even
> >
> > > put
> > > in a path to it in the executable path field, but I still get the
> > >
> > same
> >
> > > results.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong? Is there actually any documentation that has
> > > some
> > > specific examples of how to set this up? If so, where can I download
> > >
> > it
> >
> > > from?
> > >
> > >
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