Are iSCSI LUNs supported as AVVI source with BE 2012 ?

[sdo]

Hi,

I have some iSCSI LUNs presented to a vSphere v5.x ESX cluster as VMFS datastores - and I'd like to backup the VMs on this array using AVVI to BE 2012.

My question is; are iSCSI LUNs supported as a source of data for BE 2012, or are only FC LUNs supported ?

BTW I have read other posts re not using teaming on the NICs that act as iSCSI initiators on the BE 2012 server - and so will implement MPIO round robin on those.

Thanks,

Dave.

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Be doesn't care what the underlying storage architecture is for VMware. If you can see the Virtual Center server, then you will be able to see the VMs located on those LUNs.

Thanks!

[ZeRoC00L · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is supported.

In order to use the 'SAN' transport method, you will have to publish the LUNs to the Backup Exec media server. If this is not possible, you can use the 'NBD' transport method, wich uses the LAN.

[VJware · Accepted solution]

The BE 2012 Software Compatibility List (SCL) mentions this as well under the section titled "VMware Storage Configuration Compatibility".

Link to the BE 2012 SCL - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175581

[sdo]

thanks for responses.