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BackupExec 2014 Transport Mode and SAS-based SAN Support

Pierluigi_Canto
Level 3
Partner

Hi... I create this new thread for an old but (I believe) unanswered question as for BE2012.

 

If I have vmware hosts and a BE2014 server connected to a SAS only SAN (I mean no FC or iSCSI HBA and controller)

can I finally use SAN Transport  Mode ?

Also: I refer to direct-attached SAS-based SAN (no SAS Switches or whatever between servers and Storage).

Thanks!

Pierluigi

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Colin_Weaver
Moderator
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We use the VMware VDDK (5.1 I think currently) to access the transported snapshot as such you probably need to refer to the documentaion from VMware relating to VDDK to confirm if they support SAN Transport over SAS as if they don't support it then we definitely don't

Pierluigi_Canto
Level 3
Partner

Sorry Colin but... also if Vmware VDDK 5.1 states to support SAS (see https://vdc-repo.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr/2bba164b-4115-4279-9c99-40f4c14319ad/03a845fc-5345-4... at line number 8) that doesn't mean that BE2014 support SAS too.

I expect Symantec do that.

So ... at the start of this thread I stated that "I create this new thread for an old but (I believe) unanswered question as for BE2012."

Now we can state: "that's an old but unanswered question as for BE2014" ? ;)

Thank you very much everywere.

Pierluigi