You can not backup running vm virtual machines one a esx box by backing up the linux side of the esx box. The only way to backup them up via netbackup is to purchase a license for each vm virtual machine. In your example of "10 linux vm virtual machines and 10 windows vm virtual machines" you will need 10 linux and 10 windows licenses for netbackup to back them up.
We have 8 esx servers running here and some I use esxranger to back them up but most of the virtual machines we want file level restore capability so we had to purchase the netbackup licenses. Doug Preston Systems Engineer Land America Tax and Flood Services Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ -----Original Message----- From: Austin Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:49 AM To: Preston, Douglas L Cc: Paul Keating; Ed Wilts; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional Client LicensesinNetBackup On 7/19/07, Preston, Douglas L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... then used the existing license to backup the images. Yes, but... If you have 10 linux virtuals and 10 windows virtuals running on a single VMware on linux system, how many NetBackup licenses do you need? The prevailing wisdom on the list seems to indicate you need 1 linux license AND 1 windows license. To put it more plainly, in the example given, 1 linux license for the base system is insufficient, and 20 licenses (10 linux and 10 windows) are not necessary. If anyone else can corroborate this I'd be glad to hear it. Austin _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
