Need information reg Vmware backup using NBU 6.5.4

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Hello folks,

I have a NBU 6.5.4 runnning on Windows 2003 server

We have  new requirement to take the backup for Vmware ESX server ( not the all the Vmware instances ) only need to backup the vmware templates which used to create for the virtual machines.

We are looking for a LAN backup for the same for this what the extra licneces required to purchase to the same .

Is any good documentaion for the doing this implementation

Thanks in Advancce
Vimal

[lu]

Templates just look like VMs. So you could install a Linux NBU on your ESX, and backup the vmfs directory where your templates are stored.

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Hi Lu,

Is any reqirement to buy new licnece for that ( I mean to say the Licence for Vmware )

Currently I running with NBU 6.5.4 Enterprise edition and i don't have any extra licence for Vmware.

Thank you in advance

[Anonymous]

If you follow Lu's advice then you only need to install the NetBackup Client on the ESX host. This would only require a basic client license.
And you would use the Linux RedHat client binaries of NetBackup 6.5 for your ESX 2 or 3 or 4 hosts. You would select in the backup policy Linux, RedHat2.4 as the OS. (this is taken from the OS compatibility matrix - http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/325328.htm)

But seriously unless your templates are changing regularly. Could you not NFS export /copy them to the master server and capture them in a local master backup when changes occur?
Save expense. Keeps ESX installation clean too.