I have a couple of VMs on NFS datastore (NetApp) and I want to perform NDMP backups of my VMs via Symantec Backup Exec 11d. To perform crash-consistent backups I need to create snapshots before backup and delete them after backup is complete.
Could somebody provide me with these scripts which I can easily put into pre/post sections of backup job?
Is "snapshotmanager.pl" script form "VI Perl Toolkit" appropriate?
This is accomplished through a VCB proxy server. The basic process is:
Your backup server file agent (on the VCB proxy server) runs a prebackup script.
The prebackup script uses VCB to mount a VM and take a snapshot of it (which is copied locally to the vcb proxy)
Then a file-level backup is taken of the snapshot files from the VCB proxy server
Then a post-backup script is run that unmounts and removes the snapshot.
Your other option is to install a file agent in the VM itself and back it up like a physical server.
I have some example wraper scripts for tying VCB to a backup server. Please send me a personal message if you'd like a copy.
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Jason White - VCP