BackupExec 2010 VM agent backup
Just need to bounce an idea of some experts :-)
I will be installing SBS 2008 Premium with SQL server on another Windows Server 2008 server running on Hyper-V or ESXi. Now I'm thinking about installing BackupExec 2010 on the SQL server to backup the SBS and SQL server vmdx or vhd files in case we need to restore the entire virtual machine the restore time would be some much faster. If I install BE on the virtual host, in this case better on the SQL server I will need the VMWARE or HYPER-V agent for BE2010 which costs about $1200 and then I can backup both VMs to a NAS. Also, to have Exchange GRT recovery options I would need to deploy the Exchange agent onto SBS 2008. Does that solution makes sense? Any weak points?
Thanks so much for any input
I will be installing SBS 2008 Premium with SQL server on another Windows Server 2008 server running on Hyper-V or ESXi. Now I'm thinking about installing BackupExec 2010 on the SQL server to backup the SBS and SQL server vmdx or vhd files in case we need to restore the entire virtual machine the restore time would be some much faster. If I install BE on the virtual host, in this case better on the SQL server I will need the VMWARE or HYPER-V agent for BE2010 which costs about $1200 and then I can backup both VMs to a NAS. Also, to have Exchange GRT recovery options I would need to deploy the Exchange agent onto SBS 2008. Does that solution makes sense? Any weak points?
Thanks so much for any input
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1. it will be a Bufflo Linkstaion NAS, network attached so yes it will have UNC direct access to the backup device as if you installed on a physical box
2.If the VMs need to be pause at night during backup that would be acceptable
3.for some reason I never checked and yes you are right I can do that and eble the Hyper-V opion as well (extra $1200 license)
1. it will be a Bufflo Linkstaion NAS, network attached so yes it will have UNC direct access to the backup device as if you installed on a physical box
2.If the VMs need to be pause at night during backup that would be acceptable
3.for some reason I never checked and yes you are right I can do that and eble the Hyper-V opion as well (extra $1200 license)
I would verify with Symantec if B/E will backup to NAS across a network. It's my understanding B/E can only backup to a block storage device, so it being a network attached device it would need to be a SAN.
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yes, it can, I have many clients setup that way..but thank you for bringing this up
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