Hi,
I did a bit of searching, and found a link to a post on the Symantec blog - access denied but still in google cache.
Hard to be sure why its no longer accessible, but it mentions some of what isn't supported until NBU 7.5. Maybe ask your rep for clarification about the items mentioned.
Robyn
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/v-ray-your-vmware-vsphere-5
V-Ray your VMware
vSphere 5 Updated: 01 Sep 2011 |
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[url=http://www.symantec.com/connect/user/kristine-mitchell]Kristine Mitchell SYMANTEC EMPLOYEE
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Now that VMware has officially announced their GA release of
vSphere 5, you can rest easy in that NetBackup will be there to support it. What’s V-Ray? No, it’s not something you’d use to kill zombies (reference to a recent NetBackup blog entitled
“DR of the Living Dead”) – but something organizations worldwide use to protect not only their physical machines and applications – but their virtual machines as well. Namely VMware. To see more detail on how Symantec integrates with VMware vStorage API for Data Protection and can protect thousands (not hundreds) of virtual machines, check out this
video.
In case you aren’t up on what’s included in
vSphere 5 – here’s a quick summary:
Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduling (Storage DRS)
In
vSphere 4, VMs could be manually moved to another datastore via Storage vMotion, typically during maintenance periods. In
vSphere 5, VMs can be automatically moved to another datastore based upon Storage DRS settings (e.g. capacity and throughput maximums) and runtime performance monitoring.
Datastore Cluster
A Datastore cluster defines a set of datastores where a VM can reside. Storage DRS automatically moves the VM within the assigned datastore cluster, from one datastore to another. Also, VM creation and recovery can be assigned to a datastore cluster, allowing Storage DRS to determine the actual datastore.
http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/virtualization-topics/virtual-storage/storage-drs.html
NetBackup 7.5 will provide full
vSphere 5 support, including Storage DRS and datastore clusters. Specifically:
- The VM Intelligent Policy will recognize a datastore cluster as a backup source
- The VM Recovery Wizard will recognize a datastore cluster as a restore destination
- Storage DRS settings are included in VM backup & recovery
Note: NetBackup
7.1.0.3 (Q4CY11) will support pre-
vSphere 5 capabilities within a
vSphere 5 deployment.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:16 AM, . . <chack22 < at > gmail.com ([email]chack22 < at > gmail.com[/email])> wrote:
Anyone else being pressured to upgrade to 7.1.0.3 to support vSphere5 or Exchange 2010 SP2? I tried looking through the release notes, but I can't find exactly what 7.1.0.3 won't support. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere it was clustered datastores and the new filesystem. Is there a restriction with hardware level 8?
I'm not sure why our VMware folks are itching to upgrade, since the only new filesystem advantage I see is datastores > that 2 TB?
I would be nice if we can have a list of what works and what doesn't with regards to vSphere 5 and the 7.1.0.3 release.
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