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dhananjaya
Level 3
12 years ago

xfs filesystem in vmware virtual machine

Hi Team I am using Netbackup 7.5.0.3 and Esxi 5.1 . I have a virtual  machine which is running Suse 11 Sp2 and mount point configured in  xfs filesystem ( separate virtual disk and it is not a indi...
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  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    12 years ago

    From the compatibility guide it does not list xfs as a supported file system for Mapped Full VM, only Full VM - so i am guessing that it cannot do the granular restore from xfs file systems:

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127089

     

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Mark_Solutions
Level 6
12 years ago

I was referring to using accelerator with the standard client (so not directly interfacing with VMWare) which can make a huge speed difference for backups.

When 7.6 comes out we will also get VMWare accelerator - but that may still not solve your xfs issue unless 7.6 supports it (haven't read the full notes on the Beta yet!)