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February 24th, 2014 08:00
backup exec & cx4 - read only lun / hardware snapshots
trying to configure backups for backup exec 2012 with a cx4-480 for vmware hosts.
i'm looking at 2 different things 1 is Lan free and the other is hardware snapshots.
is anyone doing either of these?
is there anyway to present a LUN to backup exec in a read only mode? or some kind of protected mode?
can a vmware host utilize the hardware snapshot (vss) for this scenario? or is this a windows only option? would i have to install the emc vss driver in each VM?
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George291
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February 24th, 2014 08:00
LUNs that are used as VMFS.
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February 24th, 2014 08:00
what are you trying to backup, LUNs presented as RDM LUNs to VM, LUNs being used at VMFS ?
dynamox
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February 24th, 2014 08:00
hmm..i am not sure if there is a VSS provider for ESXi that would interact with VMware tools within each VM. There is a VSS provider that you can install on a physical box (windows). Does backup exec have an option to backup entire VM (using change block tracking) ?