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Esteban_Xpears
Level 4
10 years ago

SAN Backup : You can direct the backup from the source to the tape library ??

Hello everyone, In one of our clients we have the following environment BE 2014: Within the SAN , connected in the same zone: 1 Windows File Server with 15 TB (approximate). RAWS is insta...
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  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    10 years ago

    NetApps do not appear to be supported for off-host, you need to carefully check the Hardware Compatibility List (VSS Providers for Offhost backup section) HCL is available here: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH214803

    Also because it is a LUN on the NetApp if you use the NDMP option you get one large file backed up which represents the LUN and there will therefore be no individual file restore capability.

    As such you only way to do a practical LAN free backup would be to make the file server into a media server and attach the library to it. 

     

    This is the sort of reason why I posted that blog (link earlier in this thread) as the environment makes a huge difference as to which LAN free options are possible (as for any given environment most of them won't work) and in your case (for your file server):

    • NDMP would result in limited restore availabiluty (so not recommended)
    • Off-host is not supported for NetApps
    • SAN Transport does not apply as you are talking about a LUN carved out to a file server and not a LUN containing VMs (VMware)
    • RMAL does not apply as Linux is not involved
    • Secondary Backup Network is possible but this would be between the file server and the media server and not direct from the disk storage.

     

Esteban_Xpears's avatar
Esteban_Xpears
Level 4
10 years ago

Collin, thanks for response.

 

I mention this Windows File Server is a physical computer. Having mapped LUN and volume to allocate 15TB of information with users on their network folders.

 

With V - Ray virtual machines are supported in a VMware environment have for their datastores on different LUNs and backup goes to a folder on a LUN presented Netapp . This LUN technology de-duplicates directly with Netapp and not with Backup Exec for issue of lack of resources in the Media Server.

As I see the option to which I am referring is Off -Host Backups .
The issue is that this depends largely on whether the Netapp is supported in HCL . If the hardware is supported , as should be the settings in the Media Server ?

 

Thanks!

 

Esteban