How backup VM with RDM?

The only way to backup a VM with RDM is to install NBU client and backup with relevant OS or DB policy. You cannot perform a VMware type backup with RDM. This is a VMware limitation. You will see in VMware GUI that the snapshot is disabled.

How do I do a VMware restore in NetBackup?

Restoring the full VMware virtual machine

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, click Backup, Archive, and Restore.
  2. Click Actions > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
  3. Specify the following:
  4. Click OK.
  5. For the Restore type, select Virtual Machine Backups.

How does VMware backup work in NetBackup?

Solution Architecture. NetBackup utilizes a primary server, and optionally media servers and clients, to back up and restore virtual machines hosted on VMware vSAN datastores. NetBackup communicates with VMware vCenter Server to provide virtual machine backups and restores using VMware Storage APIs (VADP).

Can we take snapshots with RDM?

Considerations and Limitations Cannot use snapshot feature with RDM in physical compatibility . Physical compatibility mode allows the virtual machine to manage its own, storage-based, snapshot or mirroring operations. Snapshots feature is available for RDMs with virtual compatibility mode.

How do I present a RDM to a VM?

When you have created the RDM pointer file, attach the RDM to a virtual machine using the vSphere Client:

  1. Right click the virtual machine you want to add an RDM disk to.
  2. Click Edit Settings.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Select Hard Disk.
  5. Select Use an existing virtual disk.

How do I restore my NetBackup backup?

Click File > Select Files and Folders to Restore and select either from Normal Backup or from Archived Backup. There may be a delay while NetBackup retrieves the backup images and builds the list of files that you can restore.

How does a VSS writer work?

Microsoft’s VSS operates by taking what is called a copy on write snapshot of your system. This allocates a small temporary storage space. Then, every time you write to a part of your disk, the information on the disk is first copied to the snapshot before allowing the write to take place.

How do I restore a VM from NetBackup?

What is RDM used for?

Raw device mapping (RDM) enables disk access in a virtual machine (VM) in the VMware server virtualization environment and allows a storage logical unit number (LUN) to be connected directly to a VM from the storage area network (SAN).

How do you know if RDM is virtual or physical?

To identify RDMs using the vSphere Client:

  1. Determine which RDM LUNs are part of an MSCS cluster.
  2. Edit your virtual machine settings and navigate to your Mapped RAW LUNs.
  3. In the Physical, there is the specification of the device in use as RDM (that is, the vml ID).

What is Ndmp in NetBackup?

NetBackup for NDMP is an optional NetBackup application. It enables NetBackup to use the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) to initiate and control backups and restores of Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems.

What is a VMDK file?

A file with a . VMDK file extension is essentially a complete and independent virtual machine. VMDK was originally developed by VMware, but is now an open file format, competes with the Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) disk format and the two are not directly compatible.

What is the full VM Recovery in NetBackup?

This feature will enable to the Full VM recovery in case of system recovery. This ability in Netbackup helps to reduce the recovery time and gives the better recovery time objective (RTO). Taking the backup in VM host level is the one of the advanced features in Netbackup which has been enhanced in Netbackup 7.5.

What is transport in NetBackup?

Transport defines the path of the data travel from the source to the backup host. Netbackup provides multiple transport methods to send the data to backup host. To take the backups 4 different transport methods are available in Netbackup.

What privileges are required to integrate NetBackup with VMware?

Access privileges: – Integration of Netbackup with VMware requires access privileges in VSphere level or in ESXi level to browse the VMs, data stores and also to handle the snapshot requests for VMs in backup.

Does NetBackup support port 902 for San transport?

If SAN transport is being used for Backup and restores activities then having the communication with the port 902 is not required. Transport methods:- Transport defines the path of the data travel from the source to the backup host. Netbackup provides multiple transport methods to send the data to backup host.

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