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abeherm
Level 3
8 years ago

Is it possible to backup VM HyperV via SAN?

Hi,

 

how to enable backup VM HyperV Cluster via SAN to tape? Backup server is physical, tape hardware is directly attached to backup server using fibre.

 

Thanks.

Backup Exec 15
backup to tape
channel
fibre
HyperV
SAN storage

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  • kf2013's avatar
    kf2013
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    I was looking for this solution for a long time ago. Unfortunately, BE doesn't support it.

  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    Unfortunately this is a limitation of the environment and not specifically something to do with Backup Exec - Hyper-V hosts themselves do not provide an Off-Host/San Transport capability - VMware hosts do have this capability which is why we can backup over SAN with VMware.

    As such the only ways to achieve a backup that does not use the production LAN backups with Hyper-V are:

    1) Make the Hyper-V host into a Backup Exec server and directly attach the backup devices to it.

    2) Use a secondary / backup LAN network with multiple NICs

    see this article

    https://vox.veritas.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Community-Blog/LAN-free-including-SAN-backup-configurations-with-Backup-Exec/ba-p/788438

    • abeherm's avatar
      abeherm
      Level 3
      8 years ago

      Hi Colin Weaver,

      Thank you for your reply. That's really helpful.