Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Select the recovery host and transport mode, as follows:

• Destination settings

  Shows the configuration of the virtual machine at the time of backup. These settings are applied to the virtual machine when it is restored.

  Note:

  This information is included for recovery to vSphere only (not for vCloud).

• NetBackup Recovery Host

  The host that performs the recovery. The default is the host that performed the backup (the backup host).

  In most cases, you can use the host that performed the backup. Selecting a different host as the recovery host can result in a slow restore or a failed restore, depending on the transport mode.

  For example, the restore fails if you select the SAN transport mode in the following case:

  • The host that performed the backup used a SAN connection to access the datastore.

  • The host you select as recovery host does not have SAN access to the datastore.

• Media Server

  You can use this option to select a media server that has access to the storage unit that contains the backup image. An example of such an environment is a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) with multiple media servers.

  Note:

  If the storage unit that contains the backup image is not shared with multiple media servers, this option is grayed out.

• Transport modes

  Determines how the restore data is sent from the recovery host to the VMware datastore. The appropriate option depends in part on the type of network that connects the VMware datastore to the recovery host.

  The default is the type that the backup used.

  san	For unencrypted transfer over Fibre Channel (SAN) or iSCSI.
  nbd	For unencrypted transfer over a local network that uses the Network Block Device (NBD) driver protocol. This mode of transfer is usually slower than Fibre Channel.
  nbdssl	For encrypted transfer (SSL) over a local network that uses the Network Block Device (NBD) driver protocol. This mode of transfer is usually slower than Fibre Channel.
  hotadd	Requires the recovery host in a virtual machine. For instructions on this transport mode and on installing the recovery host in a VMware virtual machine, refer to your VMware documentation.
  Move Up, Move Down	Use these options to change the order in which NetBackup tries each selected mode. Highlight a mode and click Move Up or Move Down. For example: Assume that all four transport modes are selected, and the order is SAN, hotadd, nbd, and nbdssl. If one of the virtual disks cannot be accessed using SAN, the SAN transport mode is not used for any of the virtual machine's disks. NetBackup then tries to use the hotadd mode for all the disks. NetBackup continues to try each mode until it finds one that succeeds for all the disks.