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NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Overview of VMware tasks

The VMware components including ESX servers and virtual machines must be set up before you configure NetBackup.

Table: VMware tasks

Sequence

Tasks

Phase 1

Ensure that the hardware and the SAN are configured properly. The VMware datastore where the target virtual machine files exist must be accessible to the VMware backup host.

A SAN connection between the backup host and the datastore is optional if you use the NBD transfer type or NBDSSL transfer type.

To use the SAN transport type, set up the datastore on Fibre Channel or iSCSI. In this configuration, the VMware backup host must be able to access the datastore over the SAN.

Phase 2

Install the VMware ESX server and virtual machines.

Phase 3

Install VMware Tools on the virtual machines that you plan to back up.

VMware requires that ESX server names resolve to an IP address. It is highly recommended that you use DNS for the naming resolution among VMware servers.

Phase 4

Optional: install a vCenter (or VirtualCenter) server.

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