Hi
Nils,
you
wrote:
> For every customer a
different scenario offcourse, but you can install MS iSCSI Initiator
in
> a VM, stack SnapDrive on top of that, and
in this way run SnapManager for Exchange.
> Basically, you connect a dedicated LUN from
within the VM directly to a NetApp, and not
> use any VMWare functionality (except for OS
disks) to run Exchange.
>
> This way you have your snapshotted LUNs and
you can back them up any way you like.
I'm
afraid I wasn't fully clear. We just replaced a FAS940c by a 3070c which is
attached to the
(already existing) FC fabric. The FAS940c wasn't.
That's why we used iSCSI for our other
customers in the past. But now we
would like to get the storage
from the FC fabric.
The problem, as I see it, is that afaik
there is no
way to attach the fabric to
the guest OS directly,
as
you'd need a FC HBA inside the VM.
From the point of view of the guest OS, the storage
that is attached to the ESX looks just like
an
ordinary hard drive. And I suppose SnapDrive won't
work if there is no LUNs for
it to see.
However, to keep the Exchange storage groups consistent when doing back
up, you need to start
the
backup from within the guest OS. We might use the NT backup mechanism, though -
but I'm
not
yet sure if that's our best bet.
> There are many
variation to this theme, and I heard rumours that NetApp is working
on
> expanding possibilities
of SnapManager for VI and SnapDrive, but I'm sure your SE
will
> have
more information on that
;)
I hope so -
but I figured I had better try to check the possibilities there are so
I'd be able to
ask the right
questions ;)
Kind
regards,
Mark Neis
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Administrator
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