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Anishax's avatar
Anishax
Level 4
12 years ago

Vmware backup host

Hi,

Our master server and media server are running on Solaris10 and we are at NB7.5.0.5, Are we able to use our Solaris media server as Vmware backup host?

 

 

7.5
Agents
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
Solaris
  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    and also  Do remember SLES and RHEL do not support Multipathing if you are looking for SAN transport method. only Windows backup host is supported.

     

    from the same above tech note.

    multipathing with SAN transport

    NetBackup for VMware on Windows supports multiple SAN paths between the
    vSphere ESXi storage and the NetBackup for VMware agent (backup host). Multiple
    paths can provide SAN I/O high-availability and higher backup throughput.
    With a Linux backup host, NetBackup for VMware is unable to support
    multipathing, because of incompatibilities in the following: the Linux operating
    system, VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection, and vendor-specific DMP
    solutions.
    As a result, NetBackup for VMware cannot support multipathing with a Linux
    backup host that is on any of the following platforms:
    ■ NetBackup 52x0 Appliance
    ■ NetBackup for VMware on SLES
    ■ NetBackup for VMware on RHEL
    Support for multipathing with Linux backup hosts may be included in a future
    release.
    Note the following:
    ■ This issue does not affect NetBackup support forVMware’s Native Multipathing
    (NMP). NMP is multipathing between the ESXi host and storage.
    ■ This issue does not affect NetBackup for VMware on Windows backup hosts.
    The Windows OS has integrated multipathing support. The following Microsoft
    guide contains more information:
  • Anishax's avatar
    Anishax
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Thank you Marianne and Nagalla, One more question.

     

    What would be the netbackup license requirement for Vmware backup host?

  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    SYMC NETBACKUP ENTERPRISE CLIENT 7.5 is the one that you require to take VMware backups..

    not specifically forVMware backup host..