BMR P2V conversion in NetBackup 7.6

[Goal_mg]

Hi Team,

Please can you provide me the steps to perform BMR P2V conversion in NetBackup 7.6, using the vm conversion clients under BMR management in master server.

[Marianne]

Start here:

New features in NetBackup 7.6 Bare Metal Restore

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO88819

[Gautier_Leblanc]

Hi,

Here is a good TECHNOTE : http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH212236

[Jaime_Vazquez · Accepted solution]

The article TECH212236 is an excellent resource for the auto-P2V process.

For a non-auto method, you can use this article:

Performing Physical to Virtual (P2V) restores using BMR
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH211500 

Note that the auto-P2V will create a vmdk of the client on the VMWare server that is an exact match of the client as backed up. It makes use of the "current" configuration and does not allow for modifications to that.  The process will automatically make use of the vmxnet3 NIC driver and the pvscsi MSD driver as the devices for the vm instance.  That is why it needs the VMWare tools iso.  The instructions in the article describes a manual method of creating the vmdk but allows for all normal modifications to a BMR DSR restore such as disk layouts and networking settings.

[Goal_mg]

Thank you friends for the reply.

I went through the Technote:TECH212236, but please can some one tell me about the option vmware tools ISO.

[Marianne]

Talk to your VMware admin. 
He/she will be able to help you locate the vmtools installation media (ISO).

[Goal_mg]

Thanks Marinne :)