07-26-2012 12:44 AM
I want to backup server by BE2012and I want to know.
Can I backup data to USB Ext-HDD 3TB (backup storage) that covert to GPT drive or not ?
07-26-2012 01:02 AM
No. GPT is not supported.
07-26-2012 01:04 AM
...format the drive without GPT and it should be fine.
TO confirm that it is (after formatting!), you can download & run b2dtest.exe against the drive that will let you know if the HDD is compatible.
THanks!
07-26-2012 01:20 AM
Thank you for reply.
But my backup server installed OS windows 2003 SP2
It can found Ext-HDD 3TB with out covert to GPT ?
07-26-2012 01:24 AM
BE may be able to recognise your GPT disks, but if you back up to them, you are likely to get an error.
Re-partition your disk into two partitions. They should not be greater than 2TB and then re-format them.
07-26-2012 01:25 AM
...mmm...not sure this will work, but try creating 2 partitions on the drive. See if this gets around the GPT...
07-26-2012 02:11 AM
Can the OP please confirm do you want to use this GPT disk as a Backup Target, or are you intending backing up from this USB disk?
Reason for question is I suspect we have not even thought to test a GPT disk as a Backup Target.
Also If you are backing up from this disk that I am not sure that GPT is unsupported as a file system backup, it is unsupported for VMware GRT backups - as such if backing up FROM GPT then please confirm what sort of backup you are running.
07-26-2012 02:35 AM
My system have
1. VM Host Run ESXi4.0
2. Database Server (Physical Server) - MS SQL
3. Backup Server (Physical Server) - OS Windows2003 SP2 and Install BE2012
I want to backup VM Guest 1, VM Guest 2 and Database server
to Ex-HDD that connect to Backup Server by USB cable and Capacity of is 3 TB (RAID1)
I'm not sure nomally windows 2003 can see HDD that more than 2 TB but from this link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463524.aspx#ELB
If convert to GPT drive, windows 2003 can found it
I want to know BE2012 can use GPT Drive like a backup Storage or not?
07-26-2012 05:31 AM
ok so now you need to use b2dtest.exe (http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH69107) on that USB drive and/or test a backup job with GRT enabled to it to see what the results are.