Does NBU 6.5 support ESX 4.0?

[John_Optimus]

Hi,

Does NBU 6.5 support ESX 4.0?

[t_lee]

NetBackup 6.5 supports ESX Server 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.5, abd 3i. Here is a link to a doc that specifies support for NetBackup in virtual environments, and applies to NetBackup 6.x, http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH64542.

[Yasuhisa_Ishika]

6.5GA(6.5.0)  does not suppored, but 6.5.4 or later support vSphere 4.

Here is a link to latest patch(6.5.6).
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH129631

[John_Optimus]

@ t_lee: Correct, I have checked that link before

@ Ishikawa: I did not see a compatility list doc on the link you gave.. Can you share the compatibility list stating ESX 4 is supported?

Thanks to both of you..

[Yasuhisa_Ishika · Accepted solution]

As per Compatibility List lee posted, NetBackup 6.5.4 or later support vSphere 4.0. See page 9.

Support for VMware vSphere 4.0
NetBackup 6.5.3 and 6.5.4 support vSphere configurations with VCB 1.5 Update
1 and Converter 4.0.1 as minimum requirements.
To use NetBackup 6.5.3 with vSphere, additional engineering binaries (EEBs) are
required. Please contact NetBackup support and request the EEBs associated
with Etrack 1633379. Installation instructions can be found in the following
Symantec tech note:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/322769.htm

But NetBackup 6.5.x support VCB backup only. To configure vStorage API backup, NetBackup 7.x is required.