We don't do tape. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families
From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 07:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Subject: Re: VMware help BE on aVM accessing a tape drive is is not supported on Vmare as such aslo you need to be at the latest hotfix/patch level for BE 2010 R3 to support VSphere 5 http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH130609<http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130609&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1291065885300> Just for information Symantec have never formally tested using Physical tape devices inside a VM with Backup Exec, the information about using Adaptec cards comes purely from VMWare making a statement in their ESX 3.5 documentation that such cards are supported by them. The original document on this subject can be found at http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH70246 The Backup Exec 2010/ESX 4 document is available at http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH146293 As we do not test this it means such a configuration is not a Supported Configuration, but is an Alternative Configuration - as such unless you can prove that the same tape device/library and SCSI/SAS card combination has the same problem with a physical server, Symantec are unlikely to officially support such a configuration and I woudl therefore recommend using a Physical Media Server. For info the definition of an Alternative configuration from our Techncial Support Policy (which is publicly available) is: Alternative Configurations: Our Licensed Software is designed to interoperate with many types of systems, applications, and hardware. Sometimes a customer may choose to use our Licensed Software in an Alternative Configuration, namely, an environment that has not been validated, approved or verified to operate with our Licensed Software or which does not support such Licensed Software or only supports limited functionality. In most cases, we do not support Alternative Configurations, and we have no obligation to provide Support Services to Licensed Software in an Alternative Configuration. Symantec makes no warranty with respect to use of Licensed Software in an Alternative Configuration and any such use is at your own risk. A “Supported Configuration” might be converted into an “Alternative Configuration” where a vendor modifies one of its components that is part of the original “Supported Configuration.” As a consequence, your Licensed Software would then be operating in an Alternative Configuration. If you experience a Problem with the Licensed Software in an Alternative Configuration or if your issue deals with script that was not developed by Symantec or an authorized consulting partner, then we may ask you to reproduce the Problem in a Supported Configuration environment. Please note we have no obligation to attempt to resolve Problems that cannot be replicated in a Supported Configuration. However, if the Problem can be replicated in a “Supported Configuration,” we will investigate the Problem in that Supported Configuration and attempt to resolve it. If the Problem cannot be replicated in a Supported Configuration, then we may elect not to work on that Problem. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM, John Cook <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Running BE in a virtual isn't a problem if you supply it with sufficient CPU and RAM. Are the Windows Server files stored on a SAN or local? If they are on shared storage then you can "possibly" just shut down the guest(s) then the Host and install the card, bring it up with the install package on the CD already in place to boot and do a quick fresh install (taking note of all your network/storage/naming convention settings) but again, this isn't beginners level stuff. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610<tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> Cell (352) 215-6944<tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMware help I think what the previous consultant was trying to do might not be a good idea afterall. He wanted to run Backup Exec on a virual machine, so I'm trying to install a SAS HBA card. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > What specific hardware are you wanting to add? > > Word of caution, it may not be possible, as ESXi abstracts everything to the > guests running on it. > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Eric Brouwer > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> I inherited a VMware ESXi Ver. 5.0.0 server, and have no virtual >> experience. Can anyone point me to a good resource to get my >> knowledge ramped up? 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