I was speaking to a customer earlier this week who wanted to get up to speed on our VMware capabilities and needed some basics as well. While I know there have been some great posts in the forums, I thought I'd start out sharing these links. If you have other favorites please share them. This was meant to be quick and dirty.
Solution Overview Level
ESG Lab Validation – NBU 7.6 for VMware
http://www.esg-global.com/lab-reports/symantec-netbackup-76-for-vmware/
Technical Basics
Google+ Hangout replay on Virtualization and NBU 7.6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8_lTRcudM
VMware Basics for NBU administrators - from our local vExpert - @abdulrasheed123
http://www.mrvray.com/netbackup-101-for-vmware-professionals/
NBU backup for VMware benchmarks
1) http://www.slideshare.net/symantec/bco5851-winter-googlehangoutas (currently PPTX only - 2013)
2) http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-nbu_cisco_vmware_backup_perf_21157021_WP... (2010 - old but good for lower versions of NBU)
Forward Thinking Virtualization - vCD
VMware – What’s the difference between vCD and VADP – this is the story of how to backup a Virtual Data Center from Symantec (preview NetBackup 7.6 features)
https://plus.google.com/events/co2hddgrt2oi3o5svoosvsmri34
Let me know if you have other favorites.
