05-27-2013 01:46 AM
Is it recommended to run a BE 2012 installation virtual on a VMWare platform?
I have plans to backup all VMDK files on the hypervisor using DeDupe feature to a diskstore that is shared with the produktion store.
The entire produktion/store (array) will then be replicated to another store on a second location. Together with all VMs, including the BE installation and BE disktore.
Is this supported, or should i run BackupExec on a physcial server with two different diskstore and include duplicattion to have a second copy of the backed data?
Regards
/Peter
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05-27-2013 02:29 AM
Hi Peter,
No, Symantec don't recommend this based mainly on the SCSI pass-through issue when connecting to tape drives. In the environment I used to look after, this was done for 1 of the clients I used to look after. I didn't recommend it, and while it did work, when it broke it took a couple of hours to fix. If backing up to tape, use a physical server!
Dedupe & B2D folders, on the other hand, shouldn't be an issue. No SCSI pass-through here. First prize will always be a physical server, especially from a support basis. But if you start off with a VM for now, it should be fine. The rest of what you describe is standard configuration to replicate a dedupe folder.
Thanks!
05-27-2013 07:14 PM
You should read Colin Weaver's comment in this discussion, in particular the part about running an alternative configuration.
You should also read this document
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130609&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1291065885300
Another negative about running a virtualised media server is that the dedup option uses a lot of CPU and memory and the VM might not cope.
05-27-2013 02:29 AM
Hi Peter,
No, Symantec don't recommend this based mainly on the SCSI pass-through issue when connecting to tape drives. In the environment I used to look after, this was done for 1 of the clients I used to look after. I didn't recommend it, and while it did work, when it broke it took a couple of hours to fix. If backing up to tape, use a physical server!
Dedupe & B2D folders, on the other hand, shouldn't be an issue. No SCSI pass-through here. First prize will always be a physical server, especially from a support basis. But if you start off with a VM for now, it should be fine. The rest of what you describe is standard configuration to replicate a dedupe folder.
Thanks!
05-27-2013 07:14 PM
You should read Colin Weaver's comment in this discussion, in particular the part about running an alternative configuration.
You should also read this document
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130609&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1291065885300
Another negative about running a virtualised media server is that the dedup option uses a lot of CPU and memory and the VM might not cope.