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fatra's avatar
fatra
Level 2
14 years ago

Consolidated backup

Dear All,

 

Regarding the consolidated  backup, has anyone already implement this yet ?

When I look at the documentation, it appears that Consolidated backup does not work with non-windows guest OS for file-level backups.  I will need to see if this holds true, or if i can still do the file backups when SOlaris 10 is the guest OS on VMWare.

Currently now we are using VMWare vSPhere 4.1 These virtual machines reside on a FC SAN, and should also integrate with Veritas NetBackup and Backup Exec and we want to implement Netbackup 7.1.

Now we still review what kind of the method of the backup (best practise).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Fatra

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Hi Fatra, Yasuhisa has provided the link to the 7.1 manual. Thumbs up to Bill for his sense of humor!

    If you search this forum, you will see that just about everyone is using the NBU option for VMWare.

  • rizwan84tx's avatar
    rizwan84tx
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    VMware Consolidated backup does not support file-level backup for Non-Windows Guest. Only Image level is supported.

    VCB proxy server is always Windows, In file-level backup, guest filesystem are mounted on VCB staging area; VCB and that does not support mounting of UNIX file system getting mounted on the windows File system for backup.

    If you would like to take File-level backup of Unix guests go for vStorage-API  or native client backup.

  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    VCB is obsoluted and will be discontinued. Why don't you use vStorage API for Data Protection(vADP)?
    Read this guide for detail.
    http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3663

    Now, NetBackup for VMware supports individual file restore on Windows and Linux, but not support on Solaris x64.