Hello Experts,
we are going back to Backup Exec ( Version 2014 ). Goal is to backup all virtual machines to Disk Storage and have a copy on tape.
The environment is:
Vcenter 5.5 with 2 ESX Hosts, HA Cluster, SAN over FC
HP Proliant DL380 G5 Server with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Fibre Chanel HBA that has Read Access to the SAN Volumes ( LUNS )
Backup Exec 2014 with latest SP1. We know that this Hardware is not recommendet for Deduplication, Performance is not important for the first step.
We have the deduplication option licensed and vmware agents + application agents for exchange, dc, sql
We checked the Administrator Guide, Deduplication Whitepaper ( Backup Exec 2014_Deduplication Option_White Paper ), Vmware Whitepaper ( backup_exec_2014-protecting_vmware )
Blueprints
Symantec Backup Exec 2014 Blueprints - VMware
Symantec Backup Exec 2014 Blueprints - Deduplication
So we think it should work like this
Three Group of vms to Backup
Windows VMs ( Agentless Backup ) with VM GRT enabled ( to restore file or folders if neccessary )
Windows VMs ( Agent Assisted Backup ) with GRT enabled for Applications ( for example Exchange Server, DC, SQL Server ), there is a Backup Exec Agent running to assist
Other VMs ( Linux or other OS ) without GRT enabled
All 3 Groups should be safed to one deduplicaton target in the night ( Backup Window 10:00 pm - 07:00 am )
Its local Storage ( SATA RAID ) in the Backup Server
On Weekend there should be a Full Backup of all 3 Groups
Mo-Fr Differential Backup
Over the Day the Backup data will be copied to Tape
Has anybody such a constellation in use ?
We start testing with a test vm ( windows Server 2008 R2 ) to the Deduplicaton Folder.
We have Problem to Backup the VMs to the Dedupliation folder if the GRT Option for VMs is enabled ( no Application GRT )
We always get the Error E0009579
Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) backups of Virtual Machine (VM) to deduplication storage fail with an error "0xe0009579 - Unable to copy the virtual machine disk using the VMware VixDiskLib"
There is an Article http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH168488
When we disable GRT it works but we cant restore file or folder from the vms.
The Article is for Backup Exec 2010 R3, we use Backup Exec 2014 with SP1.
If we do the job to a normal B2D Folder it is working with GRT for the VMs
We also found this
Verify of GRT VMWare backup fails with "Unable to copy the virtual machine disk using the VMware VixDiskLib" and reports that the VMDK is corrupt when targeted to Deduplication folder
Completed status: Failed Final error: 0xe0009578 - Unable to copy the virtual machine disk using the VMware VixDiskLib. Final error category: Resource Errors For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-38264
Its another Error, not the same, but the behavior is like we have.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH209472
So for what i am looking is a expert who has expierence with vmware backups and deduplication.
Best Regards