Setup is W2K8 Enterprise physical server as VCB proxy with Backup Exec v12.5. VCB and VMware Converter installed locally; Physical VCS server; ESX server hosting the VMs over iSCSI SAN connections. I ran a successful B2D of a VM via NBD by pointing the job at the VCS. Now that I have successfully connected to the LUNS with the MS iSCSI client, I want to use the SAN transport to reproduce that job. So, I....
-- edited the VCB config.js file to reflect SAN transport.
-- edited the W2K8 path variable to include vcbMounter.exe
Configured the job options in Backup Exec:
-- points to the VCS server.
--Credentials test good.
-- Device points to a B2D folder used for the previously successful job.
-- VVI options set to SAN transport, Use VCB compact for VMDK files; Export as single file.
When I run the job, it goes to status "pre-processing", changes to status "exporting" and after 1 min 30 sec FAILS with an unspecified error in the job log. The job leaves three files in the target B2D folder: B2D00005.bkf; Changer.cfg; Folder.cfg.
My understanding is that with VMware v4.0 and Backup Exec v12.5, there is no need to run a Pre-command to mount the VM.
What am I missing here?
