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I was too, but because it was going straight from disk to tape, they
supported it. The SAN Media server will be doing JUST VMWare image backups,
and nothing else. In addition, this is for Disaster Recovery purposes, not
for data integrity, which is why we are planning to back them up via both
methods.
Jen
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From: Marianne van den Berg [mailto:MarianneV AT LechabileSS.co DOT za]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:50 AM
To: Jennifer Hooper; Conner, Mike; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices
Hi
I'm surprised that your SE suggested SAN Media Servers - according to the
compatibility matrix:
"VMware support is limited to supported NetBackup OS clients-only; NetBackup
Servers are not supported."
Regards
Marianne
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Hooper [mailto:jennifer.hooper AT peregrine DOT com]
Sent: 24 May 2005 09:11
To: 'Conner, Mike'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices
Then they are fibbing to you. What you need is a client for each VMWare
machine to back up the data. I worked with a Veritas SE to design our
VMWare backups, and we are going with an agent for each machine, as well as
a Win2k3 SAN Media Server (on an IBM HS40 Blade $$$) and 5 SSO licenses to
suck down all of the VMWare dsk files from our EMC SAN straight to tape.
But you still need the VMWare licenses to back up changes and perform
incrementals. As far as we know, VMWare machines cannot be backed up live,
and are designing some scripting possibilities to work with that. And then
management said no way to the SAN backups, so we're doing it just with
clients. We just did a full recovery of a VMWare system last night, and it
worked quite well. :)
Jennifer
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From: Conner, Mike [mailto:MConner AT imb DOT org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:27 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backing up VMWare - best practices
Just curious if anyone is backing up any instances of VMWare clients. We
have been told by Veritas that we can purchase one agent to backup all
instances. VMWare is saying that we will need a client for each virtual
machine. Anyone with any experience here have any info?
Thanks
Mike
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color=#000080 size=2>I was too, but because it was going straight from disk to
tape, they supported it. The SAN Media server will be doing JUST VMWare
image backups, and nothing else. In addition, this is for Disaster
Recovery purposes, not for data integrity, which is why we are planning to back
them up via both methods.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=766194815-25052005><FONT face="Trebuchet
MS"
color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=766194815-25052005><FONT face="Trebuchet
MS"
color=#000080 size=2>Jen</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Marianne van den Berg
[mailto:MarianneV AT LechabileSS.co DOT za] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 25,
2005
12:50 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Jennifer Hooper; Conner, Mike;
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu]
Backing up
VMWare - best practices<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hi</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
surprised that your SE suggested SAN Media Servers - according to the
compatibility matrix:</FONT>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=808434507-25052005>"</SPAN>VMware support is limited to supported
NetBackup OS clients-only; NetBackup<SPAN class=808434507-25052005>
</SPAN>Servers are not supported.<SPAN
class=808434507-25052005>"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005></SPAN><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=808434507-25052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Marianne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jennifer Hooper
[mailto:jennifer.hooper AT peregrine DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 May 2005
09:11<BR><B>To:</B> 'Conner, Mike';
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu]
Backing
up VMWare - best practices<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=106520519-24052005><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2>Then they are fibbing to you.
What you need is a client for each VMWare machine to back up the data.
I
worked with a Veritas SE to design our VMWare backups, and we are going with
an agent for each machine, as well as a Win2k3 SAN Media Server (on an IBM
HS40 Blade $$$) and 5 SSO licenses to suck down all of the VMWare dsk files
from our EMC SAN straight to tape. But you still need the VMWare
licenses to back up changes and perform incrementals. As far as we
know,
VMWare machines cannot be backed up live, and are designing some scripting
possibilities to work with that. And then management said no way to the
SAN backups, so we're doing it just with clients. We just did a full
recovery of a VMWare system last night, and it worked quite well.
:)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=106520519-24052005><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=106520519-24052005><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2>Jennifer</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Conner, Mike [mailto:MConner AT imb DOT
org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Veritas-bu]
Backing up
VMWare - best practices<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just curious if anyone is backing
up any instances of VMWare clients. We have been told by Veritas that
we
can purchase one agent to backup all instances. VMWare is saying that
we
will need a client for each virtual machine. Anyone with any experience
here have any info?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Mike</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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