I'm curently evaluating Veeam B&R and have been running some successful backups at 380MB/s using CBT. I have selected Direct SAN access as this is a VM backup server but I have not installed the iSCSI initiator until now.
Within my ESX environment I have two hosts each with two Nics to iSCSI and two for production, and another for Vmotion. I believe I'm right in saying that this VM should have a seperate Nic for true LAN free backup? I have a vSwitch for iSCSi which is obviously seperate to the vSwitch for my production LAN. To achieve Lan free backup do I need to create a new vSwitch for iSCSI with a dedicated Nic (I have a spare) and add this to the VM backup server?
Similar to this article http://vstorage.wordpress.com/2011/02/0 ... 5-in-a-vm/
Or do I not need to worry about any of this. I'd like to hear how other people have configured there neworking within vSphere for this.
I curently have an HP MSA for storage if that helps?
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Re: VM Backup with iSCSI
Hello Gary,
I am not big iSCSI storage guru, but here is what I've been able to find so far. These topics describe commonly used practices from our existing customers:
iSCSI SAN backup method and connection
Network Question for Veeam Machine
On top of that here is another useful topic you should take a look at after setting everything up:
Improving direct-from-SAN backup speed with iSCSI
Hope this helps!
I am not big iSCSI storage guru, but here is what I've been able to find so far. These topics describe commonly used practices from our existing customers:
iSCSI SAN backup method and connection
Network Question for Veeam Machine
On top of that here is another useful topic you should take a look at after setting everything up:
Improving direct-from-SAN backup speed with iSCSI
Hope this helps!
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Re: VM Backup with iSCSI
Hi Vitaliy,
Thanks for the links, they do indeed help as it has confirmed my thinking on how to configure the Veeam backup server.
Gary
Thanks for the links, they do indeed help as it has confirmed my thinking on how to configure the Veeam backup server.
Gary
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iSCSI connection?
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Just reading through some other threads is making me think I need to check this again...
I want to run Veeam on a separate physical server (brand new HP DL180 G6) which will be directly connected into the dedicated iSCSI network \ switches that go to our SAN. What I'm not sure about is whether I need a connection from each switch to the Veeam server or just one connection?
Granted the backup server won't have a redundant path to the iSCSI but will it work i.e. be able to see the SAN? Reason behind this is that I've only got 2 spare fiber cables to hook up to the other end of the building and I need the 2nd one for network access...
Just reading through some other threads is making me think I need to check this again...
I want to run Veeam on a separate physical server (brand new HP DL180 G6) which will be directly connected into the dedicated iSCSI network \ switches that go to our SAN. What I'm not sure about is whether I need a connection from each switch to the Veeam server or just one connection?
Granted the backup server won't have a redundant path to the iSCSI but will it work i.e. be able to see the SAN? Reason behind this is that I've only got 2 spare fiber cables to hook up to the other end of the building and I need the 2nd one for network access...
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