The appliances have their own software code. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH150251 links to all of the upgrade bundles for the various appliances. The current version of appliance software for the 5200/5220 series is 2.0.1. The release notes (http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC4726) goes into details as to the NetBackup versions and updates/fixes in the release. 2.0.1 is based on NetBackup 7.1.0.2. It also has additional fixes and appliance specific additions. To keep them separate in the codebase, it's reflected in the Admin Console as 7.1.0.6.
For purposes of version compatibility, we only consider the first three "points." So, if you have a stand alone master server running 7.1.0.2, you can use a 5220 media server at 7.1.0.6 without any compatibility issues or support concerns. As for Stefanos question about increasing the MSDP storage limits, I'm not authorized discuss future versions. Your account SE might be able to give you more information. --je (on behalf of himself) From: Robyn Hirano <robyn.hir...@roddconsulting.com.au<mailto:robyn.hir...@roddconsulting.com.au>> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:09:16 -0800 To: "Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>" <Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5220 WAS NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Hi, Actually, that reminds me of another question I was wondering about. Everything is saying it's preinstalled with 7.1 Given 7.1.0.2 has so many dedup fixes, are they putting the latest patch on, or can you? Or are they only considered to be in a supported state for certain releases? How does this work with NBU appliances? Anyone know? (not just Joe). Robyn On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:02 AM, smpt <sm...@peppas.gr<mailto:sm...@peppas.gr>> wrote: Hello Joe, Can you tell us if netbackup version 7.5 can get more storage than 32TB. Or if another version (possibly 8) will have more TB? Stefanos From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>] On Behalf Of Joe Eversole Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 7:25 AM To: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5220 WAS NetBackup 5000 Series replication? My name is Joe Eversole, and I'm a Symantec consultant. Although I'm not speaking on behalf of the company, I'd like to help clarify some information about the NetBackup appliances. The 5000 and 5020 appliances are Deduplication storage appliances (PureDisk). They require you to provide a NetBackup media server to drive the clients to it. You can do client side or media server deduplication to it. The 5000 has 16TB of usable storage, whereas the 5020 has 32TB of usable storage. You can pool six of the appliances into one global dedupe pool of 192TB (using 5020s). They are more like a DataDomain device, in so far as it's a storage pool that stores deduplicated data but requires an existing NetBackup infrastructure to run it. The 5200 appliance and the 5220 appliances are NetBackup appliances, running NetBackup 7.1. The 5220 is the newest platform, providing flexibility of sizing (all of the A-4, A-36 etc numbers) whereas the 5200 was just "the 5200" with little in the way of hardware options. They can act as a NetBackup master server or a NetBackup media server. Both can use the attached disks to provide Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage. The caveat with this is that you cannot combine multiple appliance to create a larger dedupe pool — each 5220 has it's own independent deduplication pool. If you have a need for a single large pool in excess of 36TB, you should look at the 5020 series appliances as storage targets. I hope that helps clarify some of the confusion around the model numbers and the differences between the appliances. --je From: Robyn Hirano <robyn.hir...@roddconsulting.com.au<mailto:robyn.hir...@roddconsulting.com.au>> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:40:20 -0800 To: "Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>" <Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5220 WAS NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Hi Rusty, Thank you! That makes sense about the SYMC and so the SYMB with 10GbE are presumably for target-side. (My material just calls the models A-4... A-36, B-4....B-36, etc for the TB sizing - haven't even seen the acronym SYMC.) Hopefully someone with more direct experience gets a chance to catch up email on the weekend. Robyn On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Rusty Major <rusty.ma...@sungard.com<mailto:rusty.ma...@sungard.com>> wrote: No direct experience with the NBU appliances, but if you want to utilize Client Direct (client side dedupe) and/or AIR (aka Image Replication and Import to a Remote Master), you will need to use the SYMC appliances. -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>] On Behalf Of Robyn Hirano Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:18 PM To: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<mailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5220 WAS NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Hi, I'm searching back through the archives for any discussions about NBU appliances (as well as on SymantecConnect). Below is one of the few threads I've found. Have been looking at the 5220, weighing up the different model options. To get I/O config for "backup" and "tape out", you have to forgo 10GbE. Would really appreciate knowing if there's anyone on the list that has been working with any of these appliances? Anyone moving from DD across or any gotchas? Anyone know how dedup ratios and restore times compare between DD app and NBU app? Hoping for real world experience rather than the marketing info - as I've found the tech deepdive material which only goes so far. Many thanks Robyn [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Jack.Forester at mylan.com<http://mylan.com> Jack.Forester at mylan.com<http://mylan.com> Mon Jan 31 13:29:36 CST 2011 Previous message: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Next message: [Veritas-bu] Introducing the NetBackup Screencast Demonstration Videos Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ________________________________ I'm doing replication from a remote MSDP to a PureDisk server (essentially a build it yourself NBU5000) using optimized duplication with no problems so far. Been running for about 6 - 7 weeks now. I've got an NBU5000 in our datacenter waiting to be unboxed and installed for our North America environment. It's working pretty well so far. Dedup rates are in the mid 90% range. Presently backing up and duplicating 1.8TB of full backups on a weekly basis and about 400GB of incrementals per week. Replication occurs from a remote site across a 20Mb/s WAN link. The distance is approx 930Km. The initial seeding of the Puredisk server took about 9 days, but once that finished, the weekly full backups, from start to all replication complete takes under 12 hours. This is a NetBackup 7 environment. -- Jack Forester, Jr. Sr. Data Protection Administrator Global Technology Services - AHS Mylan, Inc. 5005 Greenbag Road Morgantown, WV 26501 jack.forester at mylan.com<http://mylan.com> Phone: +1.304.554.6039<tel:%2B1.304.554.6039> Cell: +1.412.805.5313<tel:%2B1.412.805.5313> From: scott.george at parker.com<http://parker.com> To: VERITAS-BU at MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU<http://MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU> Date: 01/30/2011 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Sent by: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu<http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu> We are about to do a proof of concept of one in a couple of weeks. I will post the outcome. I would really like Oracle to release Solaris 11 with zfs deduplication. When that happens, its going to drive down the pricing in the market. In the mean time, I am in the market too, and shopping around. From: sfischer <netbackup-forum at backupcentral.com<http://backupcentral.com>> To: VERITAS-BU at MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU<http://MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU> Date: 01/29/2011 01:10 PM Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5000 Series replication? Sent by: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu<http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu> We are in the market for a new backup/replication system. We are looking at using NetBackup 7 with a NetBackup appliance, probably the 5020. Is anyone using a NBU 5000 series device for replication? How do you like it? How was the setup? How much data do you backup? After dedup how much data do you replicate? Do you replicate to a remote site? If so, what is the distance and what kind of network are you using? 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