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Antoine_D's avatar
Antoine_D
Level 3
11 years ago

NETBACKUP 7.5 : Unable to Connect to Netbackup host "<hostname>"

Good Day,   I hope someone can help me :) I am currently trying to backup an ESXi server from NETBACKUP7.5, but with no joy so far Situation: I set up the ESXi server myself, therefore...
  • Marianne's avatar
    11 years ago

    You cannot backup the ESXi server itself - just the VMs on it.

    This manual is a step-by-step on how to configure VMware backups with VMware policy type.
    (You need Enterprise Client license for this feature.)
    NetBackup 7.5.0.x for VMware Administrator's Guide http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5605 

    The other option is to install NBU Client in each VM and back them up as normal NBU clients.