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> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of James Pratt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:01 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VCB & Networker
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> > On Behalf Of tkutil
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:46 PM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] VCB & Networker
> >
> > Is it necessary that the VCB Proxy be a Storage Node?
> > If it is I see there is the option when creating a storage node to
> specify the type of
> > storage.
> > scsi
> > ndmp
> > silo
> >
> > What's the correct answer?
>
> Yes  - Just install the nw client software on the vcb server a storage
> node only, then be sure it lists/shows as one in networker. if the
> server is not local to NW or has tape/vtl, I don't think changing any
> of
> those will affect anything, but I would just leave it all alone on the
> networker side in that respect if that is the case... I never had to do
> anything in NW other than be sure it shows up as a sn, and then just
> setup/import the vcb as a client and change the save command to
> save_vcb.bat.
>

Actually, the correct answer to his first question is NO.

The VCB proxy server does not need to be a NetWorker Storage Node, just a
NetWorker Client.  Whether or not you choose to make it a storage node would
depend on the same factors you would use when deciding to make any other client
a storage node.

In my case (at my previous employer), I went with just a standard client.
Even if I had wanted to add a storage node, they wouldn't have paid for the
additional license anyways.

Since the size of our VMware environment was quite large, what I did was split
the guest backups into 7 separate chunks, with each guest getting only a single
full VCB backup per week.  That was for DRP purposes, if I needed more
granularity on a particular guest, it also got backed up as a regular
NetWorker client (windows guests), or via rsync (Linux guests).

Rodney

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