VMware 7.0.2 with BE 21.2R2
Dear all, We are setting up a test environment with the following elements: -VMware Cluster with two ESXi nodes and vCenter 7.0.2 -Fujitsu Eternus DX200S5 storage cabinet -Backup Exec 21.2R2 In the virtual layer we have several Windows Server 2019 VMs with Fault Tolerance active, could you confirm what is the current integration of these FT machines in Backup Exec backups and restores for specified versions of the involved products? At least, we have checked that backups can be completed directly from vCenter, without the need of additional agents. How we should perform a complete restore of a FT VM? Thank you very much for your help. BR, Samu
Multiple Clients Failing - VMware - status 196
Hi All, I am pretty new to Veritas Netbackup systems and I have been dealing with a status 196 on a client environment that has now been happening for a month. This issue is resulting in multiple policies failing due to a backup window timeout error. The policies failing are VMWare policies and are configured to use the vsphere intellingent policy backup method using annotations. I raised a veritas support case and the TSE based on his investigation advised to reduce the number of backup jobs from each policy running at any given time. However this atleast for now can not be done due to the client's requirement of not having backups run during business hours. Currently the backups are set to full backups and are backing up sizes raning from 4TB, 2TB, 1TB. I was wondering if any assistance or knowledge share can be done here to help troubleshoot and diagnose the issue at hand? Happy to provid emore clear and concise information for further understanding. Many Thanks!
Enable file recovery for VMware virtual machines
NetBackup has a feature calledEnable file recovery from VM backup thatallows the restore of individual files from VMware virtual machine backups. How is this any different than using GRT? Can you use GRT on a VM and restore a single file from a snapshot backup?How can I check that the datastore LUNs are accessible to VMware Backup Host.
Greetings to all !! Environment: Master Server : Linux VM : 2.6 NBU Version : 7.6.0.4 Media Server : NetBackup Appliance 5230 NBU Version : 7.6.0.4 NBU Appliance Version : 2.6.0.4 Transport Mode : SAN Storage : VNX Block level Cisco mds switch. I have few queries, as backup of vm getting failed with 6 error code. As using SAN, how can I check that the datastore LUNs are accessible to VMware Backup Host. (Apart from checking zoning, which is perfectly fine) If the previous backup failed, it might have left some disks of the backup VM attached to Backup Host. These disks need to be manually removed before attempting the next backup. -- How can I find the left out disk of vm on the backup host? If a new LUN added to storage and zoning done with Backup Host, do we need manual scan at Backup host ? The backup getting completed using NBD mode as ESXi host is accessible at 902 port via backup host. But why its being failed using SAN mode, however zoning is perfectly fine? Your assistance would be really appreciable.
NetBackup Accelerator questions the value of storage-based snapshot integration from Competitor ‘C’
Data protection is to meet recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) of an organization’s information. Traditional wisdom states that mission critical applications require data protection methods delivering superior RPO (the less is the amount of data lost during recovery) and RTO (the faster to recover). A data protection solution may provide one of more methods to deliver different tiers of RPOs and RTOs. In general, methods for establishing RPOs and RTOs improve in the following order… Streaming backups < storage snapshots < continuous data protection This is the story of a vendor promoting themselves as the advocates of storage snapshots. Symantec’s social media policy teaches me to be discreet and respectful of the competition. Hence let me refer to this vendor as Competitor ‘C’. This Competitor ‘C’ had been scoring brownie points from some leading analysts by telling the story of storage snapshot based data protection. The story is primarily enhanced by a broad list of storage vendors they are currently supporting for storage-based snapshot management. NetBackup had been supporting storage snapshots for over a decade. It had been available since the release of NetBackup 4.0V when ServerFree Agent and Array Integration Option (later absorbed into NetBackup Snapshot Client) were introduced. The second generation of storage snapshot management started with NetBackup 7.5 when NetBackup Replication Director was brought to the market. Obviously, we position NetBackup Replication Director to protect environments requiring superior RPOs and RTOs. Recently Symantec commissioned Principled Technologies to put NetBackup and three other competitors to the test. The goal was to evaluate all four backup solutions for scalability and performance in meeting RPOs and RTOs. The first official report for NetBackup vs. Competitor ‘C’ for the battle of kingdom for scalability and performance is already published here. NetBackup Replication Director outperforms the storage snapshot solution from Competitor ‘C’ by a wide margin. While this is great news for us, we were rewarded with even better, somewhat earthshaking news! Are you ready? Let us consider a VMware vSphere environment with 1000 virtual machines. 400 of those virtual machines are hot with business critical applications like Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint running. Principled Technologies is simulating real world workloads by loading these applications with programs designed to induce heavy activity. The remaining 600 virtual machines are hosting web applications with programs simulating real world web traffic. We want to create application consistent recovery points for the entire virtual environment. Let me list the results and some key observations. NetBackup Accelerator questions Storage Snapshots from Competitor 'C' Storage snapshots managed by Competitor ‘C’ Storage snapshots managed by NetBackup Replication Director NetBackup Accelerator based streaming backup Time required for backup (The best RPO possible for the environment) 1000 VMs in 2 hours 50 minutes 21 seconds 1000 VMs in just 38 minutes and 22 seconds 1000 VMs in 2 hours 51 minutes 33 seconds Compatibility Storage array vendor dependent snapshot Storage array vendor dependent snapshot Works with any production storage including DAS. NAS, SAN and converged infrastructure Implementation Requires professional services Professional services not required, but storage array knowledge recommended Single Click on backup policy user interface! Maintainance cost Training recommended. Always make sure to verify the compatibility of storage array, array firmware, array management software, backup software plugin etc. before implementing changes Training recommended. Always make sure to verify the compatibility of storage array, array firmware, array management software, backup software plugin etc. before implementing changes This is as simple as it gets! No dependence on storage hardware. Protection against array loss Need to create backup copies from snapshots, additional time and resources needed. Need to create backup copies from snapshots, additional time and resources needed. Full protection against array failures as full recovery points are available in backup storage Protection against site loss Need to maintain similar storage systems offsite Need to maintain similar storage systems offsite Any storage can be used offsite, including commodity storage So what is the earthshaking news here? NetBackup Accelerator provides the same level of RPO for your business applications for which Competitor ‘C’ would have required storage vendor dependent, expensive, high maintenance array snapshots! It is time for industry analysts with withdraw brownie points truly based on how many arrays a data protection vendor supports, but rather look at how a vendor supports business needs of customers with simplicity, agility and performance. Other blogs in this series Comparing apples to apples: All that glisters is not gold
Integration of Symantec ApplicationHA with Symantec Backup Exec Helps Win Silver Award!
While virtualization brings many benefits, effective backup and recovery of applications in VMware environments has been a major challenge for IT organizations that are rapidly virtualizing their infrastructures.
