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Sandra4Bck
Level 3
2 years ago

Vmware backup job size is bigger than expected

Hello,

I have a problem with vmware backup. The job size is bigger than the used size in server. I think NetBackup is saving all provisioned storage instead only changed blocks. 

I have enabled in policy:

 - Enable file recovery from VM backup

 - Enable block-level incremental backup

 - Exclude deleted blocks

 - Exclude swap and paging files

 - Accelerator is also enabled. 

 

We're facing this issue in serveral vmware clients and I don't know since when... 

I launched a backup with forced rescan enabled and vmware resetted the CBT but the issue persist... 

Does someone any idea regarding I have to check or some log that can be helpful?  Thanks in advanced. 

  • Hi Sandra4Bck ,

    You need to provide more information,:
    does this happening for all VMs in Vmware, or specific ones ?
    can you provide us job log details?
    Provide us the details of the policy , bppllist <policyname> -L 

    what is the type of disk for mentioned VM(s), if it is thick provisioning, the netbackup will backup complete RAW disk,rather than only used size.

    Please have a look at below article as well:
    VMware Backups are larger than expected (veritas.com)

     

     

    • Sandra4Bck's avatar
      Sandra4Bck
      Level 3

      Hello Kiyan

      the policy details:

      Policy Name: lxnt-ivp-all-iaas-fr0-vsg170ora-p01-fr0-iaasRCL28-M01-Oracle
      Options: 0x0
      template: FALSE
      audit_reason: ?
      Names: (none)
      Policy Type: VMware (40)
      Active: yes
      Effective date: 01/15/2018 10:59:17
      File Restore Raw: yes
      Block Incremental: yes
      Application Consistent: yes
      Mult. Data Stream: no
      Perform Snapshot Backup: yes
      Snapshot Method: VMware_v2
      Snapshot Method Arguments: skipnodisk=0,post_events=1,multi_org=0,Virtual_machine_backup=2,continue_discovery=1,exclude_swap=1,nameuse=1,tags_unset=0,ignore_irvm=1,rLim=10,snapact=2,enable_quiesce_failover=0,file_system_optimization=1,drive_selection=0,cleanupLoginTO=120,disable_quiesce=0,enable_vCloud=0,serverlist=fr0-vsg170ora-p01,cleanupLoginLim=5,trantype=san:nbd,rHz=10,rTO=0
      Perform Offhost Backup: yes
      Backup Copy: 0
      Use Data Mover: no
      Data Mover Type: 2
      Use Alternate Client: no
      Alternate Client Name: MEDIA_SERVER
      Use Backup Host Pool: no
      Backup Host Pool Name: (none)
      Use Virtual Machine: 1
      Hyper-V Server Name: (none)
      Enable Instant Recovery: no
      Policy Priority: 1000
      Max Jobs/Policy: 40
      Disaster Recovery: 0
      Collect BMR Info: no
      Keyword: (none specified)
      Data Classification: -
      Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: yes
      Client Encrypt: no
      Checkpoint: no
      Residence: SLP_Backup-fr0-nbuim88-p22_M88_6W
      Volume Pool: NetBackup
      Server Group: *ANY*
      Granular Restore Info: no
      Exchange Source attributes: no
      Exchange DAG Preferred Server: (none defined)
      Application Discovery: yes
      Discovery Lifetime: 28800 seconds
      ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)
      Generation: 55
      Ignore Client Direct: yes
      Use Accelerator: yes
      Client/HW/OS/Pri/CIT: MEDIA_SERVER VMware VMware 0 0 0 ?
      Include: vmware:/?filter=((((((((((((((((((((((((Cluster Equal 'fr0-iaasRCL28-M01-Oracle') AND (Displayname StartsWith 'fr0-')) AND ((Powerstate) Equal (poweredOn))) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsorabm-i54')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsorabm-i01')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p67')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v67')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p41')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vspg-v07')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vora-i4tr1e')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vora-v4tr1e')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p21')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p22')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v13')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v14')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p23')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p24')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v11')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v12')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsorabm-i34')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p17')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p18')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v15')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-v16')) AND (Displayname NotEqual 'fr0-vsoraad-p63') AND Displayname NotEqual "fr0-vsorabm-t20" AND Displayname NotEqual "fr0-vsorabm-t22"
      Schedule: full
      Type: FULL (0)
      Frequency: 7 day(s) (604800 seconds)
      Excluded Dates----------
      No specific exclude dates entered
      No exclude days of week entered
      Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
      u-wind/o/d: 0 0
      Incr Type: DELTA (0)
      Alt Read Host: (none defined)
      Max Frag Size: 0 MB
      PFI Recovery: 0
      Maximum MPX: 8
      Number Copies: 1
      Fail on Error: 0
      Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
      Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
      Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
      Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
      Daily Windows:
      Day Open Close W-Open W-Close
      Sunday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Monday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Tuesday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Wednesday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Thursday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Friday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Saturday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Schedule: incr
      Type: INCR (1)
      Frequency: 7 day(s) (604800 seconds)
      Excluded Dates----------
      No specific exclude dates entered
      No exclude days of week entered
      Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
      u-wind/o/d: 0 0
      Incr Type: DELTA (0)
      Alt Read Host: (none defined)
      Max Frag Size: 0 MB
      PFI Recovery: 0
      Maximum MPX: 8
      Number Copies: 1
      Fail on Error: 0
      Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
      Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
      Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
      Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
      Daily Windows:
      Day Open Close W-Open W-Close
      Sunday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Monday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Tuesday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Wednesday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Thursday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Friday 000:00:00 000:00:00
      Saturday 000:00:00 000:00:00

       

      Regarding the logs, what logs are needed? 

      The vmware disks aren't thick. 

      Thanks.