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jinxnbu
Level 5
10 years ago

Backup of vmdk

I have presented the vmware datastore luns to the media server (after disabling automount)  for lan free backup.   Will the backups work if the data store LUN is presented to the media server as r...
2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Virtualization
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    Well, it has to have automount disabled set, otherwise Windows will write a disk signature to your files and then you've got real problems when it overwrites the data.

    Take the time to read the TN below as this will help you set it up:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH155831

    Here are the best practices:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=howto74443

    Thanks!

  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    Verbatim from this KB - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=tech183072

    When using SAN transport or hot-add mode on a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 VMware Backup Host, make sure to set:

    •  SAN policy to onlineAll
    •  SAN disk as read-only, except during restores
CraigV's avatar
CraigV
Moderator
10 years ago

Well, it has to have automount disabled set, otherwise Windows will write a disk signature to your files and then you've got real problems when it overwrites the data.

Take the time to read the TN below as this will help you set it up:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH155831

Here are the best practices:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=howto74443

Thanks!