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OBF's avatar
OBF
Level 2
10 years ago

GRT file restauration with only "VMware agent" but without windows agent?

Hi everyone,

Using SYMC BACKUP EXEC 2014 AGENT FOR VMWARE AND HYPER-V WIN PER HOST SERVER, can we do a file/folder restauration of a virtual windows machine with GRT without installing the windows agent on this VM? (knowing that this VM DOES NOT contain SQL, AD or exchange).

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Farouk

2014
Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Granular Restore Option
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    There are two types of GRT ~

    File & Folder GRT - When this is enabled, the backup does not require the Agent for Windows to be installed inside the VM, however restore does. Alternatively, if you restore single file/folder not to a VM but to a share on the local BE server, then does not require the Agent for Windows to be installed on the VM.

    Application GRT (for SQL, Exchange, AD & Sharepoint) - When this is enabled, both backups & restores requires the Agent for Windows to be installed in the VM.

  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    There are two types of GRT ~

    File & Folder GRT - When this is enabled, the backup does not require the Agent for Windows to be installed inside the VM, however restore does. Alternatively, if you restore single file/folder not to a VM but to a share on the local BE server, then does not require the Agent for Windows to be installed on the VM.

    Application GRT (for SQL, Exchange, AD & Sharepoint) - When this is enabled, both backups & restores requires the Agent for Windows to be installed in the VM.