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KedarK's avatar
KedarK
Level 2
8 years ago

Protect your Nutanix AHV data using NetBackup

Veritas NetBackup now lets you back up and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines. You can use the Nutanix AHV plug-in for NetBackup to back up and restore AHV virtual machines.

The following diagram gives an overview of the components in NetBackup and Nutanix AHV:

Backup Host: Reads and writes backup data and manages NetBackup storage media. If your backup host is not a NetBackup master, media, or appliance, install a NetBackup client on the backup host to process backup and restore requests. The operating system of the backup host must be Linux.

BigData Policy: The BigData policy (Introduced with NetBackup 8.1) lets you backup and restore big data applications and hyper-converged systems. For example, Hadoop and Nutanix AHV, respectively.

You can find more information on these URLs:

For additional information, see:

 

Acropolis Hyper Visor
AHV
Hyperconverged
Hypercoverged
modern workloads
Nutanix
Parallel Streaming
PSF
  • SENTI1983's avatar
    SENTI1983
    Level 3
    8 years ago

    Nice share.

     

    Does it have any limitation of VM size. say i should not backup 10 or 20 Gig VM?

     

    Thanks.

    SR

    • Marianne's avatar
      Marianne
      Level 6
      7 years ago

      Hi SENTI1983

      I have actually started reading through the documentation provided via the links in the opening post.

      The links takes you to various sections in Veritas NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide

      I cannot find any such limitation.
      If there was, it would've been listed under Notes and restrictions.
      At least, this is where I would expect such a restriction to be documented.

      Maybe Nutanix has a limitation. 
      From what I can see (no personal experience), no such limitation on NBU side.

      • nbutech's avatar
        nbutech
        Level 6
        7 years ago

        Nutanix plugin is quite new for Netbackup.. not many customer's would be using now to know how is it performing.. maybe as time progresses we shall see if any issues of any kind noticed

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    • jjimenez2's avatar
      jjimenez2
      Level 5
      6 years ago

      Is BE also backup the Nutanix AHV? or any workaround to backup the AHV using BE

      • Marianne's avatar
        Marianne
        Level 6
        6 years ago

        jjimenez2 

        Only NBU has a Nutanix agent. 
        There is no agent as yet for BE. 

        We have been told by BE product management that it is on the roadmap. 
        Best to work with your local Veritas office to put pressure on BE Product Management.

        In the meantime, I believe that the only way to backup Nutanix VMs is to install a remote agent on each VM and backup as if they are physical servers. 

        For any further BE-related queries, please post in BE Forum.