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glum's avatar
glum
Level 4
12 years ago

Transport mode SAN

Hello! I have a Windows Server 2008 server, and Backup Exec 2010 R3. I can take backups of VMware virtual machines using any transport mode except SAN. I have been troubleshooting this for ages,...
2010
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
samueljn's avatar
samueljn
Level 5
12 years ago

Follow this article for configuring SAN Transport: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH155831

It should work if it is configured properly using this article

If it still fails,

  • I guess 10.80.16.43 is your Vcenter server and you are backing up through Vcenter server
  • Try to backup a VM through the ESX host directly (Add using root a/c) using SAN transport mode
  • If it succeeds, i suspect the account used may not have full permissions to backup through Vcenter
  • Add the account with Administrator role in Vsphere at Vcenter level and run the backup through Vcenter
  • If it fails even through ESX, reinstall the Vmware agent license in BE 2010 (Remove the license - Next screen uncheck the Vmware agent under the "Options available for trial" - Once it is completely removed, reinstall it)

Regards,

John