Overview of VMware tasks
The VMware components including ESX servers and virtual machines must be set up before you configure NetBackup. Table: VMware tasks briefly describes these VMware-specific tasks; further assistance with these tasks may be found in your VMware documentation.
Table: VMware tasks
Sequence | Tasks |
|---|---|
Phase 1 | Optional: 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. |
Phase 4 | Optional: install a vCenter (or VirtualCenter) server. |
Notes:
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.
Note: A SAN connection between the backup host and the datastore is optional if you use the NBD transfer type or NBDSSL transfer type.
VMware has specific hardware and configuration requirements. VMware SAN requirements can be found in the appropriate VMware SAN Configuration guide.
VMware requires that ESX server names resolve to an IP address. Veritas highly recommends the use of DNS for the naming resolution among VMware servers. For DNS configuration instructions for VMware servers, please refer to the following VMware site:
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