One of the most frequent questions in the Symantec booth at VMworld 2010 was “When will NetBackup support vSphere 4.1?” Answer: NOW! If that’s not enough detail, here are some additional FAQs on the topic.
Q: What is VMware vSphere 4.1 and when was ...
I love a good infomercial. In the short span of 30 minutes, they try to convince me that their product is completely revolutionary and I cannot live without it. They predictably offer to deliver not one, but two for the price of one (S&H charges excl...
In the link below, Microsoft announced plans to discontinue Itanium support after Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, and Visual Studio 2010. Their mainstream support will end mid-2013 and extended support in mid-2018.
http://blogs.techne...
As you may have heard from VMware, the end is near for their VMware Consolidated Backup product, or VCB. It has been superseded by a new technology called vStorage APIs for Data Protection, or VADP. See their posting at http://app.connect.vmware....
Are you recovering via an ESX server? I'm told that this is common when the ESX server name, as saved in the master server properties, is a "short hostname" and not a long FQDN. The wizard is attempting to connect with the ESX Server, but the ESX s...
Can you recover any VM (application-less VM) without those error messages? They suggest there is a problem communicating with vCenter.
Can you restore "to the original" and get to the last wizard step without similar errors (you don't actually need ...
There are plans for a future release of the applicance that can backup VMware directly.
For now, you need a minimum of a NetBackup Windows Client, either physical or virtual, to run NetBackup for VMware. That client works with any media server, incl...
To clarify, the FlashBackup-Windows policy type is still capable of performing VMware backups. This is required for backwards compatibility & upgrading. However, we do strongly suggest that you use the new VMware policy, because of the benefit of r...
Just to clarify, the minimal requirement for the backup host is that it be a NetBackup Windows client. In that case, it works with any/all supported NetBackup media & master servers.
Yes, it is common to deploy the backup host as a Windows media ser...
