Recommendation for Backup of Virtualized NW6.0-SP5-Servers

Hi,
at time we are learning to fly with ESX and will be moving the first Netware-Server for evaluation and tests in a few days.
At time we backup with BackupExec 9.1 right to tape, but my guess is that this will not work on ESX any longer.
As we do not only want to rely on ESX-Snapshots etc.. We still want a file-based backup-solution with tapes to be stored offsite, which also works with the also - but much later - coming OES--Migration.
What solution can you recommend?
Sincerely
Karl

Hi Anders,
to continue use of BE 9.1 would be great, but I doubt, that
I might get a virtualized BE-Media-Server to work with an
LTO2-Tape-Drive, even on ESX. The use of the
BE-Remote-Agents would help with some of the servers, but
that still leaves me at a point, where BE has to put the
data on tape. Is this something which can be done
virtualized or only with a physical machine? Or shall BE
backup to disk and those backup-files can be put to tape by
ESX? There is quite a bunch of documentation at
www.vmware.com about how bright and shiny everything will
be, but I did not get those questions answered yet.
Sincerely
Karl
>>> Anders Gustafsson<[email protected]>
25.10.2011 07:25 >>>
>[email protected],
>> At time we backup with BackupExec 9.1 right to tape, but
>my guess is that this will not work on ESX any longer.
>>
>> As we do not only want to rely on ESX-Snapshots etc.. We
>still want a file-based backup-solution with tapes to be
>stored offsite, which also works with the also - but much
>later - coming OES--Migration.
>>
>> What solution can you recommend?
>
>You should be able to use the BE 9.1 agents just fine, but
>I recently migrated a customer to
>the latest version of BE to be able to use some of the
>newfangled stuff.
>
>You might also want to check out www.sep.se, SEP Sesam
>which is an excellent product.
>
>- Anders Gustafsson (NKP)
> The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
>
>Novell has a new enhancement request system,
>or what is now known as the requirement portal.
>If customers would like to give input in the upcoming
>releases of Novell products then they should go to
>http://www.novell.com/rms

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