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Best Practice to backup VMs & File-level for both Windows and Linux


Hello Commvault Community,

 

We are running 11.32.35, right now we have around 70 VMs with Windows and Linux operating systems. We also have a single Media Agent running RHEL.

To backup Windows-based VMs, do we need to deploy Windows MA or can we leverage it with existing RHEL MA? Then what about the VSA, is it also has to be windows-based? Please suggest.

Best answer by Ledoesp

No need to deploy a Windows MA/VSA for protecting the Windows Guests.

 

https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/windows_file_system_support.html#ntfs-live-browse-with-a-linux-mediaagent

 

Limitations

  • Live browse operations using Linux MediaAgents are supported only for the NTFS file system. The operations are not supported for IntelliSnap.

  • Dynamic volume types such as spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5 are not supported.

  • You cannot restore files with advanced encryption attributes using a Linux MediaAgent. For live browse of IntelliSnap backups, you must use a Windows MediaAgent to browse. The ACL of NTFS files is preserved during cross-platform restore operations only if the destination client is installed with Windows.

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  • Vaulter
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  • May 9, 2024

No need to deploy a Windows MA/VSA for protecting the Windows Guests.

 

https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/windows_file_system_support.html#ntfs-live-browse-with-a-linux-mediaagent

 

Limitations

  • Live browse operations using Linux MediaAgents are supported only for the NTFS file system. The operations are not supported for IntelliSnap.

  • Dynamic volume types such as spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5 are not supported.

  • You cannot restore files with advanced encryption attributes using a Linux MediaAgent. For live browse of IntelliSnap backups, you must use a Windows MediaAgent to browse. The ACL of NTFS files is preserved during cross-platform restore operations only if the destination client is installed with Windows.


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  • 3 replies
  • May 10, 2024

Hi Ledoesp, 

Thanks for the answer! Will look more into this.


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