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shahriar_sadm
Level 6
7 years ago

Netbackup vmware policy best practice

Hi dear all, my vmware backup environment includes a vm backup host and about 20 esx host with about 700 virtual machines. Is it necessary to create one policy for each vm? If I use intelligent policy...
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  • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
    Michal_Mikulik1
    7 years ago

    Hello,

    NetBackup recommends 4 concurrent backups - but per one datastore. This is set by Host Properties\Master\Resource Limit tab and supersedes other limits if they are higher.

    So for example, when in your case 40 VMs on 3 different datastores are picked up by an intelligent policy, there will be maximum of 12 VM backups running concurrently, if not restricted more by limits on other levels (storage unit, policy, etc.).

    Regards

     

Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
Michal_Mikulik1
Moderator

Hello,

NetBackup recommends 4 concurrent backups - but per one datastore. This is set by Host Properties\Master\Resource Limit tab and supersedes other limits if they are higher.

So for example, when in your case 40 VMs on 3 different datastores are picked up by an intelligent policy, there will be maximum of 12 VM backups running concurrently, if not restricted more by limits on other levels (storage unit, policy, etc.).

Regards