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JBiggins
Level 4
13 years ago

VMware backup host configuration

  Netbackup 7.1 - Windows 2003 ESX vSphere 4.1 I plan on backing up a new VMware environment using the Netbackup VMware off host backup method.  We already have a media server at this site wi...
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  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    13 years ago

    As you wrote, If there are no need to write data directly from VMware Backup host to storage attached to it, it is enough to install NetBackup Client software into VMware Backup Host.
    You can use this host with Standard Client license.

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Yasuhisa_Ishika
Level 6
13 years ago

You rightly understand what you want to, what you need to in your environment.
VMware Backup Host does not need to be media server. If you allow to tranfer data via netwok, VMware Backup Host on Windwos client is reasonable option.