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[Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 running on VCB Proxy Server

2007-02-28 09:23:19
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 running on VCB Proxy Server
From: dbrown at worknetinc.com (Dave Brown)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:23:19 -0600
Hey there,

 

I am looking at this very same thing.  Was reading a little about it
yesterday and going to read more today.  May try to implement something,
depends on how my reading goes

 

Dave Brown

 

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Simon (external)
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:14 AM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 running on VCB Proxy Server

 

Hi All

Topic of VM's came up this week, and its something I am trying to focus
on more with our current environment.

 

VMWare introduce a method called "Consolidated Backups" - Below is an
extract of what it can achieve....

VMware Consolidated Backup (Consolidated Backup)

- Feature that provides an easy-to-use, centralised facility for
agent-free backup of virtual machines. It simplifies backup
administration and reduces the load on ESX servers.

- The recommended way to perform daily backups of virtual machines
residing on a SAN.

- A VCB Proxy must have access to all the SAN arrays containing VMFS
volumes (data stores) with virtual disks on them.

-Changes are cached on the proxy as "transient writes" and are discard
once the disk is unmounted

Reduce the load on the ESX systems by moving the backup tasks to one or
more dedicated backup proxies

Avoid congesting and overloading the data centre network infrastructure
by enabling LAN-free backup.

Eliminate the need for a backup window by moving to a snapshot-based
backup approach.

Simplify backup administration by making optional the deployment of
backup agents in each virtual machine we back up.

Back up virtual machines that are powered off.

Would anyone know if NBU 5.1 MP5 actually would work on this? what I am
trying to understand is how it integrates with NBU - More importantly,
does anyone do anything like this? I will carry on researching from this
end (and even look at the VM Tech Boards), but if anyone has any
comments, great!

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
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Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
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