02-02-2010 11:43 AM
11-12-2010 10:30 AM
11-12-2010 06:01 PM
NBU 6.5.4-6.5.6 and PureDisk works like a champ in my experience. Each version of PureDisk as well has really improved a lot of features too.
Though, with NBU7 now having built-in deduplication, without having to deploy standalone PureDisk servers, I've found very little reason to deploy it anymore.
There are still unique cases where PureDisk is needed though, that NBU7 hasn't quite caught up to though.
1. PureDisk scales to 6 nodes and 192TB of capacity of deduplicated data.
2. Remote office backups are better than NBU7 remote office backups. Though, NBU7 is "certified," for remote office backups, but PureDisk just does it better by way of the cached fingerprint database in the client.
11-14-2010 02:40 AM
Hi,
For VMware I would really suggest upgrading to NetBackup 7.0.1. Just some feature highlights from the Symantec site.
As mentioded above, PureDisk and now NetBackup deduplication option has a stream handlers designed for VMware which means you get great duplication.
Even when you don't use dedupliction you can benefit from Optimized incrementals which combine the benefits of BLIB (Block level incremental backups) and Symantec intelligence to figure out which changed blocks on a file system actually contain information.
Also, you don't need VCB anymore, NetBackup 7 integrates directly with vStorage, so you dont need a temporary area to dump the vmdk images/snapshot before you can back them up. You can now send them staight to tape / disk.
Restore operations are also really nice, the GUI/Wizards connects to vCenter and gives you the option to restore to different server, data store, etc. You can also choose to have the restored vm powered on, connect, not-connected to the network etc. It will also analyze the datastores and ensure there is enough spave available.
These are just a few highlights that i recall. Not all related to deduplication, but worth checking out!
11-14-2010 02:42 AM
Erm, why was this post not closed/locked, just saw its originally from FEB 2010....
11-14-2010 05:31 AM
I recently found out that post with NO response don't get locked after 6 months. There was a response on 12 Nov, which put it right at the top again...
I have seen posts dated 2007 getting answered today!
Seems unanswered posts are listed in the 'Overview' page.
11-14-2010 09:08 AM
if they get a reply - no replies -> stay open indefinitely!
***EDIT***
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/connect-updates-21-may-2010