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Netbackup_NEW
Level 3
2 months ago

Does Netbackup 10.2 support stand alone drives connected to VM

Does NetBackup 10.2 or 10.1 support backup and restore using a standalone tape drive connected to a VM hosted in VMware.

Please suggest.

Windows Server 2016

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  • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
    Michal_Mikulik1
    Moderator
    2 months ago

    No, thats is not. Virtual tape media server is supported only in certain UNIX based virtualizations.

    Additionally, standalone drive is not a typical device in NetBackup environment, this is a device for small/desktop deployments. It can be used (with a physical server supported OS), but it wont be very comfortable.

    regards

    Michal

     

  • Will_Hunting's avatar
    Will_Hunting
    Level 4
    2 months ago

    You can add an SAS HBA card that connects a standalone tape drive to ESXI  and dedicate it to an existing VM by using DirectPath I/O. This way, the card bypasses VMWare and is connected directly to the OS. After that, it shouldn't matter what you connect to the HBA from VMWare's perspective as it almost completely bypasses the hypervisor.