VCB with Netbackup

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• Anyone using VCB with NetApp on CF?

  Just curious to know if anyone out there using VCB with NetApp in FC, and that their configuration is on the proxy side.

  Yes I have clients who use this. They have no special configuration. Just a host of regular proxy with a unique link to the NetApp and the other to the destination (fc storage area) cheap

  Duncan

  VMware communities user moderator | VCP | VCDX

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• VCB with NTBackup

  Hello

  I configured VCB with NTBackup. I am backing up a Windows system to a particular folder. However, the backup runs without error. But it's not not all backup files. If I select the whole disc C, all backups. Looks like he can't back up a particular folder. Is there anyway to backup a specified folder?

  Also, I tried to write (paste) files in the mounted virtual disk drive.  It shows that copied. But appear virtual machines. Is this transcribed only mounted virtual disk?

  Thanks in advance.

  Shan

  Sorry for the late reply, must be in time zones or work you long hours

  VMCLEAN. BAT is a batch file that is useful instead of disassemble each snapshot that individually, you can use this batch file to remove all your VCB shots in a go.

  I use a pre script that up my VM 30 individually then execute my backup program (I use Arcserve on NT backup) and then after the VCB backup I have call clean wich script automatically dismounts all VCB snapshots in a go.

  If you do not have to specify each virtual computer.

  Quick note on VCB and BackupNT - you can do differential or incremental backups as the mounted directory is read-only and BackupNT can not set the bit to archive.

  for VCBCLEAN work, you must edit the config.js file in consequence of folder/config.

  P.S. I used Server 2003 to test the NTBackup (should have mentioned that and saved, you some time)

  I hope this helps.

  See you soon,.

  Brian

• Restore virtual machines with Netbackup and VCB

  I just Netbackup 6.5.2 and using VCB 1.5.  When I create my backups, it makes the .img files.  When I try to restore using Netbackup, it won't recognize backups from windows NT and not Flash.  And VM converter does not recognize the .img files.  So, how can I restore, what am I am I doing wrong?

  Hello.  The NetBackup .img files are not accessible directly.  They are used internally by NetBackup.

  When the only restore files vmdk (virtual machine complete), NetBackup 6.5.2 supports two types of restorations.  First of all, you can automatically perform a restore of the entire virtual machine by using the free VMware Converter component.  The second method involves all first restore VMware vmdk and then manually by your restoration.

  These processes are described in the document of NetBackup 6.5.2 update which can be found here:

  FTP://exftpp.Symantec.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/302438.PDF

  Feel free to contact me directly if you have any additional questions.

  -George Winter

  [email protected]

• EBS with NetBackup backup

  Hi experts

  I'm new to EBS, please I need help with this:

  I need to back up three servers EBS (Dev, Test, Prod), I ve installed Netbackup on these servers.

  But I do not know what files or directories should I back up?

  Also I don't know if I should stop the application first?

  What information should I give you lets see what configuration I have on these servers?

  DB 11 G 2

  EBS 12.1.3

  Thanks in advance

  JUDGE

  He has suggested you stop the application services layer before performing a backup. I can't talk about the latest features of NETBACKUP since I the have not used recently, but what I was doing before taking a backup offline demand full or level nodes then take incremental backups (on a Linux/Unix OS) online. If there are major changes to the application level (patching, upgrades... etc) you should take a full backup before proceeding with a task.

  What I would say to validate online apps backup is:

  -Run preclone on one of the instances of DEV

  -Take an online backup, the nodes of level application (s)

  -Make a backup of the database level one or more nodes

  -Restore the backup on one or several different nodes or about to different editing on the same server

  -Run postclone on the restored files

  -Validate your backup by accessing the application/database target

  Thank you

  Hussein

• VCB with 4.1 vsphere / esx 4.1

  Hello

  I remember there was an announcement saying that vcb wont´t be supported more with the new generation of vsphere (4.1) a few weeks ago. Now that 4.1 is out: can someone clarify if he is finally real? Is is still working and is not officially supported?

  Best regards

  Joerg

  Hello.

  "VMware has extended the end of the calendar of availability for VCB and added VCB support for vSphere 4.1." VMware will continue to support the 1.5 Update 2 for vSphere 4.1 VCB and its updated and patches up to the end of their life cycle. Support is extended in accordance with the policy of support of VMware for VMware Infrastructure 3 platform. New versions of major or minor platform beyond vSphere vSphere 4.1 will not be supported with VCB. "- from the Date of issue.

  Good luck!

• Configuration of Backup Exec 12.5 and VCB with Windows 2008 64 bit

  Hello everyone

  Try to install the update of VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 1 with Backup Exec 12.5 on a Windows 2008

  64-bit server.  Having a hard time getting the configuration to work.  When I try to do a restore via vCenter

  I don't get "VMware Converter not found"

  I installed Converter Stand Alone on the server, but I still get the same error.

  Some would please the VCB and Backup Exec 12.5 on a Windows 2008 Setup process

  64-bit server?

  Thanks in advance...

  Gerald S.

  Looks like you need to install vCentre Converter (the server vCentre himself) of what has been said.

  Please give points for any helpful answer.

• VCB with Windows 2000 Server before and after! Does not!

  In our configuration (esx3.5, vi2.5 and vcb 1.5) we have problems get the pre post scripts running in Windows 2000 Server. It does not at all pre/start scripts. We need this because we have some strange databases that must be stopped before the snapshot and started after.

  The 2000 machine is fully updated, and the esx servers are updated 4.

  I also tried in a test environment with esx3i fully updated (beyond update 4) and vcb1.1

  Pre-Post controls work perfectly in 2003 (not yet tested in 2008).

  What I tried:

  • Disable-ing the SyncDriver (must be a solution for Server 2000 with Exchange 2000)

  • Place scripts to a location different (C:\WINNT or C:\Windows or C:\Program VMware Tools\backupScripts.d

  • Adding C:\Program VMware Tools\backupScripts.d to the $PATH variable so that the script can be run from anywhere

  • Reinstall the VMWare tools.

  The command I used to get the backup:

  v h vcbMounter.exe *. n u .local \n*-ipaddr:vcbtest. .local - r c:\vcb\vcbtest-full-01 t m nbd fullvm

  I also tried adding the switch "0 q" or "q 1".

  No solutions seem to work. Does anyone have any ideas?

  Greetinx Atze

  It works for me with a C:\Windows folder (even if windows is installed in C:\winnt),

  with files like pre-antigel - script.bat and post-thaw - script.bat

• VCB with Symantec BE

  Before making the BE for VM, I already install the kit of integration on the server. But could someone give me an example in details on how to configure the integration with BE kit.

  first install VCB exe and read the readme.txt files. I suggest using BE 12.5. Easy to configure for VM backup. And prepare the arcitecture physical server and the shared storage. VCB server must be directly to a shared storage.

  Kind regards

  Julkipri Sinaga

  * Discover. To connect. Virtualize. *

• VCB with option fullvm and RDM

  Is it just me, or we had to sacrifice the ability to snapshot a RDM in order to obtain a VCB backup to exclude a crazy RDM volume?

  It seems, from what I can find, VCB v 1.5 will attempt to save the entire vm if it is capable of taking snapshots of the reader. The only way to exclude the player from the computer the process VCB virtual therefore put it to the Independent.

  It's frustrating, because I have a SQL Server with a disc of TB Raw 1 attached, and I want only the C: drive at the level of the backup image.  Howevere when patches and development changes are made it is nice to be able to apply a snapshot to the whole machine.  Someone at - he found a way to get just VCB capture readers C: from the virtual computer for backup?

  -Cheers

  Hey Fishface.

  (I want to say that the way the most affectionate, of course!) You can use vcbSnapshot and vcbExport to selectively back up files VMDK. Take a look at this post. It is rather dated, but still works. The only thing is that if you use a more recent backup software, you will need to use pre and post processing of the scripts instead of the GUI, but it works very well...

  http://communities.VMware.com/blogs/jturver

  Dave

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• backup of vcb disc scripts?

  Hi all, I searched on the boards of here looking for a base VCB for windows scripting just to make backup to disk.  Finally we Commvault pick up the files, so that all associated commvault scripts would be too good.

  Thank you!

  You want to use the NBD (network) of a physical machine or SAN (iSCSI) or NBD (network) of a virtual machine mode or SAN (iSCSI or FC)

  First of all, see the backup guide. He explains all modes. -> http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_vm_backup.pdf

  Then, you can consult my doc on VCB with NetBackup, which explains how to configure VCB and scripts of pre-and post->http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1133

  While you're at VIOPS, click the "Availability" button and search for documents that relate to your backup software.

  Dave

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  Doug Larson

• Database backup RMAN with Veritas NetBackup catalog

  Hello
  
  How can I use Veritas NetBackup to backup my database of catalog RMAN? I need to stop this catalog DB in order to save it. How can I plan with NetBackup?
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  qtpham

  Hello

  Normally, the catalog database backup is currently off cause is very small database and may remain unavailable for a few minutes. In my company, we use netbackup.
  Try to schedule an offline backup of the database via the Netbackup graphical interface, it will generate RMAN scripts bpstart_notify. YOUR_POLICY_NAME and bpend_notify. YOUR_POLICY_NAME under/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/if you use SOLARIS.

  Kind regards

  Rodrigo Mufalani
  http://mufalani.blogspot.com

• Recommendations on the VCB Proxy material

  Hello world

  I'll be implemented VCB on my site soon and I'm in the early stages of the COP.  I'm sizing of the VCB Proxy servers and I wondered what most people use in measurement of CPU, memory, operating system on the VCB proxy.  Everything I read said it depends, but I'm still looking for what people are doing out there.  I have 50 guests and 800 VMS that need to be backed up.  VM have an average of 50 to 300 GB of data on them.

  I was looking at running a DL585 with 2 - dual-port HBA and 2 GigE connections.  I have up to 20 GB of memory, I can run while I was initially planning on running Windows 2003 standard only would need 4 GB of memory.  What is someone running their proxy VCB with Windows 2003 Enterprise edition?  Or how about 64-bit version of the operating system Windows to their proxies backup?   Thanks for any advice.

  Paul

  Paul-

  Welcome to the forums!

  I'll assume that you have already read and that you understand the virtual machine backup Guide. The DL585 is an excellent choice. Win2k3 is fine with 4 GB of RAM. Use 32 bits if you are running a 32-bit backup program and use 64-bit if you use a 64-bit backup program. I know that the 64-bit version of NetBackup has NOT worked with VCB as a few months ago, only the 32-bit, you will need to test your application.

  You can use three HBA ports. Don't worry aboutredundancy, worry not on performance. Your bottleneck will in fact be the Windows operating system and the way cmd.exe manages copies of files. You'll be getabout 1 GB per minute flow on a copy FullVM in the tank, so you must multiple processes on multiple dedicated paths. I have attached a diagram of the presentation I did on VCB at VMworld. I heard that some backup software running actually better on the network using traditional agents.

  Dave

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  Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine

• VCB vs SharePoint 2007

  VCB with integration of NetWorker:

  With a battery of SharePoint 2007 entirely on the VMS, is that a backup VCB VMDK will be considered by SharePoint as a recovery backup disaster Point-in-time, if each server backup VCB VMDK to shut up is to launch in the same group of NetWorker?

  Another way of saying: is all the snapshots that are synchronized as a period uniform from a point in time snapshot for each component (servers) of the farm if they are lauch by a single group under NetWorker?

  Thanks for your response/experiences

  Robert

  Sorry for the late reply, please see my inline comment

  > The NMM of NetWorker (VSS requestor) module be initiated at the VSS VMtools writer, not for the Microsoft VSS writer, so a snapshot of the requested > VM readers will be done.

  [LG] Since ESX 3.5U2, Vmware Tools acts as a VSS requester and also implements a provider VSS, allowing us to create snapshots of quiesceing that supports applications using VSS.

  Issues related to the:

  > 1) If this is the case, the snapshot will be posted on the same methodology to apply VCB.

  [LG] Yes

  (> 2) will be then made available to mount on the proxy

  [LG] Yes

  (> 3) so that the sequence will be...

  ) a SaveGroiup request for NW

  (b) the VSS VMtools recorder will ask for a snapshot of the virtual machine

  (c) this snapshot will be save on the shared drive used by VCB

  (d) then the proxy will mount the snapshot as to roll it out to a backup device

  Yes [LG], the VSS writers will come from the application of share point

  (> 4) is the VCB client must be installed in the virtual machine or not?

  [LG] There is no such thing as a customer of VCB and no agent that we needed inside the VM for VCB work.

  I hope this helps.

  Concerning

  LG

• VCB licenses for ESXi4

  Hi guys,.

  A very simple question; but was much too difficult to confirm:

  I understand that VCB will not work with the free version of ESXi4.  To use VCB with ESXi you must purchase a license VSphere (Standard/advanced/business/Business Plus), or can get away you with VSphere Essentials(i.e. Essentials or Essentials Plus)?

  The documentation is vague and scattered on the site

  Thank you

  Price for Essentials is 1 k$.

  This package contains licenses for 3 ESXes 2 sockets more vCenter Foundation (which does not support more than 3 guests).

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