To virtualise or not to virtualise

[Carl_Ayres]

Hi,

I am after a general opinion. Is running your Master server on VMware supported? We have a Master server running Windows server 2003 R2 x86. We have a 90GB catalog, and the master server is not used as a VMware backup host or alternate read server. I am planning to upgrade the master to Windows server 2008.

WMware is running vsphere 5.5 and I can supply plenty of processors and RAM.

In terms of performance,I have a feeling the master server will run fine on the virtual server infrastructure, unless anyone can tell me otherwise? Also what are the negatives of running a VM master server? e.g it is unwise to host your master on an environment you may need to recover using netbackup from scratch.

Regards

Carl

[RamNagalla · Accepted solution]

hi,

Master server can run fine on the VM , but it do have some limitations.. refer the below doc for the details.. 

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH127089

Virtual master server
The NetBackup master server is supported within a virtual machine, under the
limitations described in the “General guidelines for support.”
Refer to the following NetBackup Operating System compatibility document for a
list of supported NetBackup 7.x master server platforms:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH76648