09-29-2011 04:32 PM
I recently implemented NBU 7.1 to a VMWare ESX host machine and also backup the Virtual Machines within the host. I am aware that the NBU Enterprise client license is required. We have this already. I followed the steps in the link provided below:
http://www.symturk.com/symlog/?p=114
My concern here is, I'm backing up the Virtual Machines inside the host but I'm not able to do a restore since the agent wasnt installed. Where am I going wrong. Do I have to install the agent on the client in order for me to do a restore? What about the Host? How do I back up and restore the Host.
This is my first with VMWare Host and VM backups.
Any help would be appeciated.
Thanks
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09-29-2011 11:20 PM
So When you say restore - are you saying an individual file you want to place back inside the VM? Or are you referring to restoring the VM entirely?
So the quick answer on this is:
The alternative is to restore the individual files to a different client (or your media server is a good choice) and then move the file via network file protocols instead.
09-29-2011 11:20 PM
So When you say restore - are you saying an individual file you want to place back inside the VM? Or are you referring to restoring the VM entirely?
So the quick answer on this is:
The alternative is to restore the individual files to a different client (or your media server is a good choice) and then move the file via network file protocols instead.
09-30-2011 06:24 AM
or restore back to a UNC path on the VM, which requires the client through which you restore back to be running as an ad admin account.
09-30-2011 09:08 AM
Yep - that too:)
09-30-2011 12:39 PM
09-30-2011 12:43 PM
We only support installing the NBU 6.5.x client on the ESX server. We dropped the support for 7 on the ESX server.
10-04-2011 06:21 AM
Ok...so my question is..do I have to install NBU client on the Virtual Machines to restore files?
10-04-2011 06:40 AM
If you want to restore individual files or folders directly to a client hosted with a VMWare environment then you would need a NetBAckup client to be installed on it
As other have mentioned you can restore it elsewhere and copy it across to the original host or restore it to the Media Server but use a UNC path which will direct it to the original client as long as the client service account on the Media Server has sufficient rights to copy the file across.
Usually easiest to restore elsehwre and copy across
10-04-2011 07:17 AM
What about if I have NBU Enterprise Client License?
10-04-2011 02:59 PM
I'm not sure if I understand your question, but you might want to investigate capacity based licensing. For us it's cheaper than licensing per client.
10-23-2011 03:22 PM
Just noticed that this thread is still open ....
The vSphere API allows host servers to be backed up and as well as the vmdk's the individual files can also be backed up in a single granular backup.
However, the same api does not allow the individual files to be restore to the client that they came from
You can restore an entire servers (vmdk files) no problem but individual file restores need to be directed using traditional NetBAckup processes, so you need a client somewhere to direct them to
This doesn't have to be on the original server - it can be another client or even the Media or Master Server, but once restored you will need to copy then back to the priginal server manually
You can of course install a client on the original server but it will only be used for restores, not during backups
Hope this clarifies things for you
10-23-2011 06:59 PM
Are you using the "Mapped Full VM backup" option in your policy? This option supports both granular file and full vmdk restoration without the need to install the NBU client software.
10-23-2011 07:02 PM
Are you using the "Mapped Full VM backup" option in your policy? This supports both granular file and full vmdk restore options without the need to install the NBU client software.
10-24-2011 01:02 AM
Hi, I dropped some tutorial videos about NBU and VMWARE.
May be they could help:
http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/netbackup7-vmware-virtual-machine-full-restore
http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/netbackup7-vmware-backup-configuration-file-restore
Regards
10-24-2011 03:44 AM
yes, with NBU 7.x you are able to do an single file restore.