3PAR - CommVault Integration
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:10 am
Hello all,
This is my first post and I hope it is clear and makes sense...
We have 2 3PAR 7400 arrays, one in each of our 2 datacentres. We are using PeerPersistence to present volumes to VMware ESXi and would like to utilise our CommVault backup systems 'SAN mode' backup.
To do this we must present the same volumes that ESXi sees to a CommVault 'media agent' server - this is basically a Server 2012 R2 box with their software installed so it can understand VMFS and backup the volumes.
What we have found is that when we add this server to the host set the volumes show up in device manager with a warning state against them but never show in disk management. Our CommVault supplier has indicated this should work as they have 3PAR SAN Mode backup working at other sites, what they haven't got is somebody doing PeerPersistence like our setup.
I'm wondering if anyone else has ever tried this or has any suggestions?
I am still new to 3PAR so finding my feet with how it all works. I understand the above may be a bit disjointed so please ask any questions you may have.
This is my first post and I hope it is clear and makes sense...
We have 2 3PAR 7400 arrays, one in each of our 2 datacentres. We are using PeerPersistence to present volumes to VMware ESXi and would like to utilise our CommVault backup systems 'SAN mode' backup.
To do this we must present the same volumes that ESXi sees to a CommVault 'media agent' server - this is basically a Server 2012 R2 box with their software installed so it can understand VMFS and backup the volumes.
What we have found is that when we add this server to the host set the volumes show up in device manager with a warning state against them but never show in disk management. Our CommVault supplier has indicated this should work as they have 3PAR SAN Mode backup working at other sites, what they haven't got is somebody doing PeerPersistence like our setup.
I'm wondering if anyone else has ever tried this or has any suggestions?
I am still new to 3PAR so finding my feet with how it all works. I understand the above may be a bit disjointed so please ask any questions you may have.