EMast
14 years agoLevel 2
Backupexec 2010 NDMP limitations
Hi,
I have a question about Backup exec NDMP option. We have a tapelibrary attached with FC to a Netapp Fas2050. Currently we use Backupexec 2010 on a VM to write the data on the Fas2050 to tape with NDMP. This works very good for our ESX VM's on the SAN. However we have installed some physical servers with their OS on DAS disks in those servers and their data on ISCSI disks on the FAS2050. Now we want to bring that data to tape also. If I use NDMP to backup the luns I only get a data.lun and I am unable to make a granular restore (logical since for the netapp it is only a data.lun file). And I can not backup the DAS disks now. I can think of some solutions, create backup to disk folder on a VMDK on the san and install an agent on the physical servers for example but that has some drawbacks. What would be the best solution for this, are there possibilities to use NDMP?
Best regards,
Erik Mast
I have a question about Backup exec NDMP option. We have a tapelibrary attached with FC to a Netapp Fas2050. Currently we use Backupexec 2010 on a VM to write the data on the Fas2050 to tape with NDMP. This works very good for our ESX VM's on the SAN. However we have installed some physical servers with their OS on DAS disks in those servers and their data on ISCSI disks on the FAS2050. Now we want to bring that data to tape also. If I use NDMP to backup the luns I only get a data.lun and I am unable to make a granular restore (logical since for the netapp it is only a data.lun file). And I can not backup the DAS disks now. I can think of some solutions, create backup to disk folder on a VMDK on the san and install an agent on the physical servers for example but that has some drawbacks. What would be the best solution for this, are there possibilities to use NDMP?
Best regards,
Erik Mast
Yes you can - we do support sharing a library between a Backup Exec Media Server and a NetApp Filer in the way you describe - you might need some licensing requirements (i.e. a Library Expansion Option License and/or an SSO License) suggest you speak to the sales/licensing part of our custoemr care operation to clarify that.
For LUN's connected to remote servers there will then be some LAN traffic unless you attach all the remote servers that have LUNs to the Fiber Channel as well and install media aservers on all of them - at which point CASO might also be an option to manage all the jobs.