> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:17 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VCB & Networker
>
>
> To whom are you responding? If me, then the answer is that the VCB
> proxy and
> the Vmware ESX server are on the same physical machine. My NetWorker
> server
> is separate.

That is not possible!  The VCB proxy has to be a Windows server, and
since ESX is Linux, that won't work.  Of course, the whole idea of VCB
is to remove the backup load from the ESX host, so it wouldn't make
sense to have it as the VCB proxy even if you could.

It sounds like what you are referring to as the Consolidated Backup software
is actually the Service Console Backup Enablers for NetWorker.  That does
get installed on the ESX host, and is actually just the software dependencies
to allow you to install the NetWorker client on the ESX host.  You can then
backup the ESX host as a standard Linux client; however, that does not backup
the guests.

> Do I have to create a NetWorker client on each VM? If so, why am I
> bothering
> with this exercise at all? I thought the idea behind doing VCB backups
> was
> to back up the Vmware server and have that backup encompass the VMs
> that are
> hosted on that machine. Am I misunderstanding this?

You are not misunderstanding the concept behind VCB.

>
> How do I create a VCP proxy server? Where do I get those NetWorker
> scripts?
> We did install the Vmware consolidated backup software on our Vmware
> ESX
> server, so is that what you mean?

Install Windows Server 2003 + SAN connectivity, then install

VMware Consolidated Backup:

        http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VCB115

+ VMware Integration Module to Legato Networker:

        
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/VMware-legato-networker-integration-102898.zip

+ the standard Windows NetWorker client

>
> If your reply was not directed to me ... Never mind!

Please note that the ESX host Service Console Backup Enabler for NetWorker 
software is at:

        http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/legato-networker-addon-64557.tgz

Rodney


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