Don't confuse the confusing names Symantec uses! A SAN Media Server backs up it's own disks (only) and sends the data over the SAN to SAN-attached tape drives (commonly)
A normal Media Server (licence is double the list price) also send data to storage just the same as a SAN Media Server, but can pull data in from LAN clients, or (with a very limited support matrix for target HBAs) can pull data from SAN Clients. So you cannot "backing up client X via a SAN media server, but sending data over the LAN" unless your SAN Media Server is using network-attached storage like NAS or OST. The name "SAN Media Server" is very confusing, especially since they introduced the SAN Client, and even more so since they share a licence ("Enterprise Client"). The SAN Media Server is just a Media Server that cannot support remote clients. If you look at the detail of the licence you'll see the 'remote client' option is missing. William D L Brown -----Original Message----- From: judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com [mailto:judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com] Sent: 12 January 2010 20:07 To: n...@mbari.org; William Brown; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup SAN Media Server Load, I have two servers with large data. To have my normal media server do the backup would put a big load on it. So you add more media servers.... But media servers cost money San media servers cost a little less. So I put the load of backing up those two big servers on themselves. While letting my normal media servers backup everything else. -----Original Message----- From: Conner, Neil [mailto:n...@mbari.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:47 PM To: Judy Hinchcliffe; william.d.br...@gsk.com; Veritas List Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup SAN Media Server I must be missing something... I don't understand why you would want to install a SAN media server but not configure it to send data over the SAN. What are the benefits of backing up client X via a SAN media server, but sending data over the LAN, versus backing up client X through a traditional master/media server where the same data goes over the same LAN? I thought the whole point of a SAN media server was to get the data off of the LAN and onto the higher-throughput SAN... Neil On 1/12/10 8:40 AM, "judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com" <judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com> wrote: > It just depends on if you have a "need" to have the data only travel the > SAN or if it is ok to travel the LAN. > > I have SAN media servers but do not have FT. Just depends on what you > want. But I know a number of people who thought SAN media server meant > by default that it backed up over the SAN. > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of William > Brown > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:27 AM > To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup SAN Media Server > > Actually if you think about it a SAN Media Server is no use as an FT > Media Server - as it cannot backup other clients. Strangely it could > restore them as SAN Media Servers are allowed to do alternate client > restores...just not backups. > > William D L Brown > > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of > judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com > Sent: 12 January 2010 15:25 > To: thomas.e...@gmail.com; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup SAN Media Server > > It acts much like a normal media server and you just do that, you just > have to get the license installed to allow it to be a SAN Media server. > > As such it can only back itself up. > > If you have direct attached drives you issue. > If you have a library - you can have some drives just used by that > server (but if those drives fail it cannot use any of the other drives > in the library) If you want your normal media server and your SAN media > server to use any drives in the library you will need to get an SSO > license so they can all share the same drives. > > Not that setting up a SAN media server does not make it backup over the > san... if you want that you will have to set up the Fibre Transport - > you will need to look more into that as it only works with specific > hardware. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas > Hemmingby Espe > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:28 AM > To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup SAN Media Server > > We are about to set up a system with a NBU SAN Media Server to give > the system direct access to tape drives > due to high throughput requirements. > > I have not been able to find any documentation on how to install and > set up this. Is it so that we should perform > an ordinary media server installation and configuration? Is it only > the license that is different? > > Sincerely ----------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. ----------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu