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jinxnbu
Level 5
9 years ago

Block level backup using Netbackup

Hi all,  I am trying to achieve the following for a customer. Here are the envt details that I have so far. *************************************************** Production Site Windows Mas...
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    9 years ago
    Since the storage is attached to ESX servers, this will not work. To perform block level or raw filesystem backup, you need NBU client installed on the server where the storage is attached. Since there is no NBU Client software for ESX, this is not possible. Best bet is to use VMware policies to take vmdk-level backups of VMs. Or get WAN link upgraded and do hardware replication.
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Marianne
Level 6
9 years ago
Since the storage is attached to ESX servers, this will not work. To perform block level or raw filesystem backup, you need NBU client installed on the server where the storage is attached. Since there is no NBU Client software for ESX, this is not possible. Best bet is to use VMware policies to take vmdk-level backups of VMs. Or get WAN link upgraded and do hardware replication.