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[Networker] NW 7.5.2 and VMware vCenter 4.1

2011-06-23 15:13:24
Subject: [Networker] NW 7.5.2 and VMware vCenter 4.1
From: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:13:58 -0400
I'm trying to get my NMC to recognize my vCenter server, so I can start to 
understand how better to use NW with Vmware. But I can't seem to get the 
virtualization auto-discovery to work. It keeps saying it fails to find my 
vCenter server. I'm guessing it's not finding it, since NMC seems to be 
using "https://vcenter/sdk"; as the command to locate my vCenter server, 
and that command is failing. I'm guessing I need to install the Vmware SDK 
on my vCenter server?

Are there any step-by-step instructions on this (both on how to configure 
your vCenter server so NMC will talk to it, and for NMC)? And other 
requirements - I'm guessing from hints I've seen that I need to define 
some sort of proxy that will actually take snapshots of my Vms, and then 
the backup is made from these snapshots? So does that mean the proxy needs 
access to free disk space of xxx size?

I'm very lost on this, as you might tell. :-) Right now, I back up each VM 
as if it was a physical client - I install the NW client onto the OS of 
the VM, and schedule backups accordingly. If there's a better way to go, 
I'm all for it. But I'm not finding any documentation that is turning on 
any lightbulbs for me ...

Thanks

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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