Scott,
We
just switched from esx 3.5 to vSphere and we are fully implemented using vStorage.
Our backup environment consists of all Windows, so I am not sure if our
configuration is doable in your environment.
We
have 1 master and 3 media servers with NetBackup 7. I use each of the
media servers as a NetBackup host for our VM backups. We are backing up
over 300 VMs. I am not sure about your question on using a SAN
client. I do know that the backup time we have saved by going to NBU 7
and using vStorage would be worth the additional cost/maintenance of another
media server.
Matt Weathers
Senior
Systems Programmer
517-391-5021
Farm
Bureau Insurance of Michigan
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Scott
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:21 PM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] VMware vStorage NetBackup 7 design help
Hello
everyone, I'm looking for some design help rather than specific technical help.
We
currently run our NetBackup Master/Media server on a SUN M5000 with Solaris 10
and NBU 7. Our Windows team is looking to upgrade the VMware environment
to the latest version and we would like to start using the vStorage API.
Now
my issue is that to backup with the vStorage API I need a Windows "backup
host" which is defined as:
"NetBackup
for VMware uses a special Windows server that is called a backup host (formerly
called the VMware backup proxy server). The backup host is a NetBackup
client that performs backups on behalf of the virtual machines. The backup host
can also be configured as a NetBackup master or media server. The backup
host is the only host on which NetBackup client software is installed. No
NetBackup client software is required on the VMware virtual machines.
Note
that the backup host is referred to as the recovery host when it performs a
restore. "
I'm
trying to understand my options for this windows machine.
1)
I could install media server binaries on it and attach a couple of tape drives,
issues with this would be
a) one more netbackup media server to administer ie upgrade, patch etc
b) a windows server that would need windows patches thus impacting the
netbackup environment
c) licensing costs associated with a media server
Do
I have any other options for getting the VMware backups off to
tape?
Is
it possible to use a SAN client or something and attach tape drives to that...
then at least it's just a NetBackup client rather than a NetBackup
server. My concern with this would be that I can't directly attach the
tape drives and I'd have to install the fiber transport stuff onto my Solaris
master server and have it run the backups to tape.
I
would like to hear what other people are doing or planning.
Thanks!
Scott
Chapman
Senior
Technical Specialist
Storage
and Database Administration
ICBC
- Victoria
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