09-29-2014 09:42 AM
Hi, I have an exchange 2007 vm to backup with backup exec 2012 vray.
I use vmware agent to backup the machine, but the machine freezes for 5 or 6 hours when BE remove the snapshot. The problem come from the little free space on the san. Then I want try to backup the vm by the windows/exchange agent installed on the vm.
My question is: backup exec make the snapshot when I backup by the agent ?
It should be, "No, it doesn't". But please give me the confirm.
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09-29-2014 12:59 PM
Hi,
It will use VSS to quiesce the application, but not snapshot it on a VM level, so no. It backs it up on a file-level only using the agent.
Thanks!
09-29-2014 12:59 PM
Hi,
It will use VSS to quiesce the application, but not snapshot it on a VM level, so no. It backs it up on a file-level only using the agent.
Thanks!
09-29-2014 06:45 PM
Craig's advice is correct if you are using the Exchange agent to backup Exchange.
Since you are using the VMware agent, you are backing up the entire VM and definitely a VM snapshot is taken. You should have sufficient space for taking snapshots. You might what to use the procedure in this document to make BE clean up any orphaned snapshots.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH200709