03-29-2013 10:49 AM
Very strange question came to me today.
Datastore zoning must be done directly to Appliance
or it should be via ESX!!!
Also how to identify slot and port # from back side panel of appliance
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04-02-2013 04:34 AM
03-30-2013 05:07 AM
It depends on the appliance and what you have configured it for. If you just enabled Fibre Transport then any port on any fibre card can be used for zoning to data stores or tape or 5020. If you enabled Fibre Transport and SAN client then not all ports can be used. Look at the following guide on page 184 and 185. This is the latest appliance guide.
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC6345
03-30-2013 10:14 AM
hi andrew
i 'm aware of port bindings in appliance. question was does datastore zoning requires ESX to be mediate or should be one to one with appliance
datastore are alreay zoned to ESX, VMware and Storage guy are keen to minimize scope involved by limiting zoning to esx only.instead of datastore.
more over datastores are using DMP for redundacy... so how zoning would take place in such scenario...
03-31-2013 12:18 AM
Datastore must be zoned to Appliance - same pricipal as with Windows backup host.
See similar discussions:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/zoning-architecture
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/any-concern-mapping-vm-datastore-nbu-appliance
03-31-2013 06:35 AM
When you asked "Also how to identify slot and port # from back side panel of appliance" I asumed you wanted an answer. If so then that is in the manual.
You cannot zone to an ESX host you can only backup via IP from the ESX host. You should only zone one path from the 5220 to the data store as there is a bug in the ESX code that prevents Linux hosts from creating a multipath configuration.
You would zone as many Data stores as you feel you can backup in a window to the 5220. That number will depend on how many guests are on the volume and how much other traffic the 5220 handles.But it is much more than 1:1 datastore to appliance.
04-02-2013 04:34 AM
05-12-2013 11:46 AM
mark if i go through ur statement, then i need to rethink on my presumtion that vmware backups can be streamed over FT
Let me know if there are such limitations so far
05-13-2013 02:15 AM
VMWare backups can be streamed via LAN or SAN - most people use SAN - but although it is via Fibre it is not Fibre Transport as referenced by NetBackup!
Does that make sense? - So the transport is by Fibre but it is not NetBackup "Fibre Transport" !!
05-13-2013 10:41 AM
Good sense of humour mark... Thank alot
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