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Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Hi,
Anyone used SnapMirror successfully with ESX LUN's ?
I realise it will only be a crash-consistent copy and I have to enable LUN re-signaturing for ESX to pick it up but this seems like a handy way for me to backup a few DMZ VM's on a LUN (on a seperate secured iSCSI vlan) to another LUN on the same SAN.
Cheers,
Raj.
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RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
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I use SnapVault and it
works very well, however I’m using NFS instead of iSCSI/FC LUNs. If you’re
running ESX on NetApp I highly recommend trying it, although NFS is not cheap
if that’s all you use it for.
Hi,
Anyone used SnapMirror successfully with ESX LUN's ?
I realise it will only be a crash-consistent copy and I have to enable LUN
re-signaturing for ESX to pick it up but this seems like a handy way for me to
backup a few DMZ VM's on a LUN (on a seperate secured iSCSI vlan) to another
LUN on the same SAN.
Cheers,
Raj.
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RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Hi Raj
Yes, there are many people using SnapMirror with ESX
datastores, both NFS and VMFS LUNs (both iSCSI and FCP).
As far as crash consistency, you can get consistent backup
using SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure in conjunction with VMware
Tools VSS provider (ESX 3.5 u2 or later) for those applications that are VSS
compatible. For those that aren't, or have a scriptable hot
backup mode, you can call scripts from VMware Tools. Pre and post
scripts are documented in the Virtual Machine Backup Guide (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_vm_backup.pdf).
Here are some links for SMVI:
Share
and enjoy!
Peter
Hi, Anyone used SnapMirror successfully with ESX LUN's
? I realise it will only be a crash-consistent copy and I have to enable
LUN re-signaturing for ESX to pick it up but this seems like a handy way for me
to backup a few DMZ VM's on a LUN (on a seperate secured iSCSI vlan) to another
LUN on the same SAN. Cheers, Raj.
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RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
VIBE is also an option for those who aren't ready to take
the plunge to SMVI.
VIBE is available if
you have an active NOW account under downloads>tool
chest.
Hi Raj
Yes, there are many people using SnapMirror with ESX
datastores, both NFS and VMFS LUNs (both iSCSI and FCP).
As far as crash consistency, you can get consistent backup
using SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure in conjunction with VMware
Tools VSS provider (ESX 3.5 u2 or later) for those applications that are VSS
compatible. For those that aren't, or have a scriptable hot
backup mode, you can call scripts from VMware Tools. Pre and post
scripts are documented in the Virtual Machine Backup Guide (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_vm_backup.pdf).
Here are some links for SMVI:
Share
and enjoy!
Peter
Hi, Anyone used SnapMirror successfully with ESX LUN's
? I realise it will only be a crash-consistent copy and I have to enable
LUN re-signaturing for ESX to pick it up but this seems like a handy way for me
to backup a few DMZ VM's on a LUN (on a seperate secured iSCSI vlan) to another
LUN on the same SAN. Cheers, Raj.
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 Re: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
I guess one key factor is that VIBE is free(ish) and unsupported(?) from what I've read but SMVI is a supported product at a commercial price-point. Anyone tried the VMWare Site Recovery Manager tool ? Is there a NetApp integration component in the works (my understanding is the product leverages SAN vendor API's to ensure consistant intersite replication of VM's) ?
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, oakley <oakerz@...> wrote:
How difficult is VIBE to implement though? I had a brief conversation with my SE and with a NetApp Virtualization Architect and both highly suggested using Professional Services to do it. Also, and I've barely done any reading on it, does VIBE give you all of the same benefits that SM-VI does? If not, what are the primary differences? What experiences, good/bad, have you had with it?
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Subject : RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Date : Thu, 14 May 2009 10:51:46 -0700
From : Ken Williams <kwillia@...>
To : "Learmonth, Peter" <Peter.Learmonth@...>, "Raj Patel" <phigmov@...>, <toasters@...>
VIBE is also an option for those who aren't ready to take the plunge to SMVI.
VIBE is available if you have an active NOW account under downloads>tool chest.
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RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
SRM does not do consistent replication. In fact, it
doesn't manage backup, snapshots or replication at all. It manages
failover.
Yes, there's an SRA (adapter) for SnapMirror for SRM.
The adapter does the tricks of breaking mirrors (or cloning datastores if you
want to simply test without breaking the mirror), mapping LUNs to igroups
for the DR servers, etc.
The adapter is free on the NOW downloads page. You
buy SRM from VMware, of course.
Peter
I guess one key factor is that VIBE is free(ish) and unsupported(?)
from what I've read but SMVI is a supported product at a commercial
price-point. Anyone tried the VMWare Site Recovery Manager tool ? Is
there a NetApp integration component in the works (my understanding is the
product leverages SAN vendor API's to ensure consistant intersite replication of
VM's) ?
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, oakley <oakerz@...>
wrote:
How
difficult is VIBE to implement though? I had a brief conversation with my SE
and with a NetApp Virtualization Architect and both highly suggested using
Professional Services to do it. Also, and I've barely done any reading on it,
does VIBE give you all of the same benefits that SM-VI does? If not, what are
the primary differences? What experiences, good/bad, have you had with
it?
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Subject :
RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Date : Thu, 14 May 2009
10:51:46 -0700
>From : Ken Williams <kwillia@...>
To : "Learmonth,
Peter" <Peter.Learmonth@...>,
"Raj Patel" <phigmov@...>,
<toasters@...>
VIBE is also an option for those who aren't ready to take
the plunge to SMVI.
VIBE is available if you have an active NOW account
under downloads>tool
chest.
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RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Yes, they're working with NetApp on it (and over NFS, too!), I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
From: owner-toasters@... on behalf of Raj Patel
Sent: Thu 5/14/2009 6:44 PM
To: oakley
Cc: Ken Williams; Learmonth, Peter; toasters@...
Subject: Re: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
I guess one key factor is that VIBE is free(ish) and unsupported(?) from what I've read but SMVI is a supported product at a commercial price-point. Anyone tried the VMWare Site Recovery Manager tool ? Is there a NetApp integration component in the works (my understanding is the product leverages SAN vendor API's to ensure consistant intersite replication of VM's) ?
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, oakley <oakerz@...> wrote:
How difficult is VIBE to implement though? I had a brief conversation with my SE and with a NetApp Virtualization Architect and both highly suggested using Professional Services to do it. Also, and I've barely done any reading on it, does VIBE give you all of the same benefits that SM-VI does? If not, what are the primary differences? What experiences, good/bad, have you had with it?
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Subject : RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Date : Thu, 14 May 2009 10:51:46 -0700
From : Ken Williams <kwillia@...>
To : "Learmonth, Peter" <Peter.Learmonth@...>, "Raj Patel" <phigmov@...>, <toasters@...>
VIBE is also an option for those who aren't ready to take the plunge to SMVI.
VIBE is available if you have an active NOW account under downloads>tool chest.
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Re: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Also please be advised that to date SRM is not supporting NFS... Roger
On 15-mei-09, at 02:42, Learmonth, Peter wrote: SRM does not do consistent replication. In fact, it doesn't manage backup, snapshots or replication at all. It manages failover. Yes, there's an SRA (adapter) for SnapMirror for SRM. The adapter does the tricks of breaking mirrors (or cloning datastores if you want to simply test without breaking the mirror), mapping LUNs to igroups for the DR servers, etc. The adapter is free on the NOW downloads page. You buy SRM from VMware, of course. Peter
I guess one key factor is that VIBE is free(ish) and unsupported(?) from what I've read but SMVI is a supported product at a commercial price-point. Anyone tried the VMWare Site Recovery Manager tool ? Is there a NetApp integration component in the works (my understanding is the product leverages SAN vendor API's to ensure consistant intersite replication of VM's) ? On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, oakley <oakerz@...> wrote: How difficult is VIBE to implement though? I had a brief conversation with my SE and with a NetApp Virtualization Architect and both highly suggested using Professional Services to do it. Also, and I've barely done any reading on it, does VIBE give you all of the same benefits that SM-VI does? If not, what are the primary differences? What experiences, good/bad, have you had with it?
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Subject : RE: Any luck with SnapMirror & ESX LUN's ?
Date : Thu, 14 May 2009 10:51:46 -0700
>From : Ken Williams <kwillia@...>
To : "Learmonth, Peter" <Peter.Learmonth@...>, "Raj Patel" <phigmov@...>, <toasters@...>
VIBE is also an option for those who aren't ready to take the plunge to SMVI.
VIBE is available if you have an active NOW account under downloads>tool chest.
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