We deployed NetWorker 8.1 for one of our customer with DD4500 earlier this year. It works pretty well. DR and restore are easy. However, there are a few things to know before you decide to deploy it.
1) EBR and NetWorker server must be resolvable in DNS server (both forward and reverse lookup). It looks like adding to hosts file is not an option. Maybe someone want to try hosts file and let me know if they can get it working without DNS.
2) Schedule with override does not seem to work. For ex, I have schedule with incremental except 1st Fri of the week. I find out those customized schedules with exception are not available for an "VMWARE action" in the policy.
3) Not enough activity shown in NMC and activity logging in NetWorker. For ex, when I DR a box, I don't see much info from NMC. I have to check thru vCenter GUI.
4) If you choose to backup to the internal storage on EBR, you cannot clone them.
5) There is no option to clone on demand. It is based on policy. All policy must start as a backup. So, I cannot just clone them out with nsrclone command.
6) If you plan to backup your VM running SPS, SQL etc, it is not Microsoft application aware backup. You still need to use NetWorker module for the backup.
7) Need to login to EBR to perform DR.
8) Each proxy can handle only 8 streams. Deploy more proxy if you have a tighter backup window for your VMs.
Monday, July 14, 2014
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