> As you have suggested Netbackup have a feature for backing up VMDK, But > that requires equal amount of space in the datastore. Please correct me if > i am wrong.
I've been experimenting with this for the last week or so with NetBackup 7.5.0.3, and, no, it does not duplicate the VMDKs on the datastore. It does do a VMware snapshot of the virtual machines being backed up, so you'll need space for those snapshots, with will depend on how much data changing goes on during the backup. For as much data as you're backing up, if you go this route, you may want to consider having a dedicated physical media server with direct SAN access to your datastore LUNs and backup storage (tape?). This will allow NetBackup to do backups with only minimal involvement or load on the VMware hosts. See http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC5162 for more on how this works. - Bluejay Adametz Sometimes it good to pause in our quest for happiness and be happy. -- NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information, or information otherwise protected from disclosure by law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or distribution of this message or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy this message, including all attachments, and any copies thereof. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu