In a failover scenario, inputs and outputs are rerouted to healthy data paths. The
failed paths are restored automatically when they become healthy. DMP also reduces
the complexity of managing thousands of I/O paths in case they need to be
temporarily disabled for array maintenance.
Figure 6-2
NetBackup appliance components for DMP on SAN
ESX
servers
Virtual machines
VM VM VM
VM VM VM
SAN
SAN
NetBackup Appliance
Master Server
NetBackup Appliance
Media Server
LAN/WAN
VMware datastore
(Must be available to
VMware backup host)
vCenter
Server
For more information on whether your system supports this function, see the
Hardware Compatibility List at the following link:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000019707
See “Notes on NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host” on page 81.
See the NetBackup VMware Guide for more information about VMware.
82VMware support
About appliance dynamic multi-pathing for VMware backups with SAN transport
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