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DimaV

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May 30th, 2013 00:00

EMC Networker Infrastructure 8.0 SP1


Hello Everyone,

I have question about EMC Networker Infrastructure 8.0 SP1.

We have 2 DataCenter sites and one Branch Office site. on each site we have a tape library.

In the DataCenter sites we have a Dedicated backup server, on the Branch Office site we have one server which is a Hyper-V Host.

We would like to backup all the site. and also want to do a recovery on the same site and on other sites too. we making a clones tapes and transffer them to the other sites.

how sould I do the configuration of this Infrastructure?

  • ble1

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    Posted May 30th, 2013 12:00

    I think it is way better to get baby Data Domain (DD160) and replicate it to DC.  But, if tapes are your cup of tea, I suspect connection between branch office and DC is not fastest one so this will be challenge.  Not sure if you have storage node in BO which is served by server in DC, but with BO I would either use dedicated backup server onsite or disk backup with replication to DC.

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    Posted May 30th, 2013 22:00

    If you are having a tape library unit at BO, and want to continue with tape only solution then, i think it would be best to configure the hyper-V server as storage/dedicated storage node managed by one of the backup servers in DC. This will give you ease of management and data recovery across sites, as you will have only two datazones to configure and manage.

    Alternatively you can also promote the BO server as a backup server and configure it to manage its own backups.

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    Posted June 1st, 2013 22:00

    Dear Singhmridul

     

    Thank you for your quick reply,

     

    The BO server is a Hyper-V host, thus it cannot use as a Backup
    server and NMM client.

     

    Another element that I have to care is the communication line
    between DC and BO, if the line is down, my BO backups will not initiate or
    failed if they already started when the Backup Server is on the DC.

    I would like to know if the Backup Server Can be a VM?

    if so can it be something like a active server on the BO and Passive server on the DC?