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Backup of iSCSI Disks

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Backup of iSCSI Disks

iSCSI disks can be backed up from iSCSI clients using any standard backup

application on the client operating system. These backups run independently of the

SnapServer since the client backs up the contents of the iSCSI disk as if the iSCSI

disk were a local hard disk.

Windows clients can make backups of VSS-based snapshots of iSCSI disks using

VSS-compatible backup applications. See “Backing up an iSCSI Disk using VSS

Snapshots” on page 141 for instructions.

Using Backup Exec to Take VSS-based Snapshots of SnapServer iSCSI

Disks

To configure Backup Exec to take native VSS snapshots of SnapServer iSCSI disks

using Backup Exec’s Advanced Open File or Advanced Disk-Based Backup feature, you

must first add a Windows registry entry to the systems running the Backup Exec

Server and all of the Backup Exec agents backing up iSCSI disks.

After the Backup Exec Server or agent has been installed, modify the registry to add

the SnapServer as a Backup Exec VSS provider:

1 Run the following command:

regedit

Navigate to the following key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For

Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Misc\VSSProviders]

Underneath VSSProviders are other keys numbered sequentially from 0 to some

number. Create a new key in VSSProviders named after the highest key value

plus 1 (i.e., if the highest key value is 9, create a new key value 10). For example:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For

Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Misc\VSSProviders]\10

Inside the new key, create three string values:

5) Close

regedit.

The Snap VSS Provider should now be available to Backup Exec to use for VSS-

based backups.

VALUE NAME VALUE DATA

Id {759c7754-6994-46c9-9cf9-c34ac63a0689}

Name SnapServer VSS Hardware Provider

Version 5.2

1 2 ... 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 ... 249 250

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