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Anishax
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Hi,

Our master server and media server are running on Solaris10 and we are at NB7.5.0.5, Are we able to use our Solaris media server as Vmware backup host?

 

 

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Marianne
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Unfortunately not... Only Windows, SLES and RHEL backup hosts are supported. 

See Statement of Support for NetBackup 7.x in a Virtual Environment:    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127089

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Marianne
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Unfortunately not... Only Windows, SLES and RHEL backup hosts are supported. 

See Statement of Support for NetBackup 7.x in a Virtual Environment:    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127089

RamNagalla
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and also  Do remember SLES and RHEL do not support Multipathing if you are looking for SAN transport method. only Windows backup host is supported.

 

from the same above tech note.

multipathing with SAN transport

NetBackup for VMware on Windows supports multiple SAN paths between the
vSphere ESXi storage and the NetBackup for VMware agent (backup host). Multiple
paths can provide SAN I/O high-availability and higher backup throughput.
With a Linux backup host, NetBackup for VMware is unable to support
multipathing, because of incompatibilities in the following: the Linux operating
system, VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection, and vendor-specific DMP
solutions.
As a result, NetBackup for VMware cannot support multipathing with a Linux
backup host that is on any of the following platforms:
■ NetBackup 52x0 Appliance
■ NetBackup for VMware on SLES
■ NetBackup for VMware on RHEL
Support for multipathing with Linux backup hosts may be included in a future
release.
Note the following:
■ This issue does not affect NetBackup support forVMware’s Native Multipathing
(NMP). NMP is multipathing between the ESXi host and storage.
■ This issue does not affect NetBackup for VMware on Windows backup hosts.
The Windows OS has integrated multipathing support. The following Microsoft
guide contains more information:

Anishax
Level 4

Thank you Marianne and Nagalla, One more question.

 

What would be the netbackup license requirement for Vmware backup host?

RamNagalla
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SYMC NETBACKUP ENTERPRISE CLIENT 7.5 is the one that you require to take VMware backups..

not specifically forVMware backup host.. 

Anishax
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Thank you