Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7

[scottalanmiller]

Tagging @art_of_shred and @KatieUnitrends

[art_of_shred]

I would certainly read that to mean that you have API-based "agentless" protection for VM's on XS.

[hobbit666]

Right so did some test this morning and found something strange (well I think it is )
I've downloaded both trials for VMWare and XenServer and deployed to a ESXi6 server and XenServer7 but this is where it gets strange. On the ESXi deployment you only get the option to add Virtual Hosts of ESXi/VCenter & Hyper-V

On XenServer it only allows adding of XenServer and Hyper-V

So the question is how do you product a mixed environment?? without spending extra £££££££??

[hobbit666]

OK I've just tried adding the XenServer7 host (on the Xen deployment) and it's added it might go install on my Dell Server and try now.

[scottalanmiller]

Now that is seriously bizarre. @KatieUnitrends ?

[hobbit666]

Now i'm really confused install XenServer onto my Dell server, deployed the Eval of UEB to it and went to add the XenServer and this happens:-

Just booting my "test" machine to see what the difference is and why I could add itself to UEB??

[hobbit666]

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

Now i'm really confused install XenServer onto my Dell server, deployed the Eval of UEB to it and went to add the XenServer and this happens:-

Just booting my "test" machine to see what the difference is and why I could add itself to UEB??

My bad sorry people the reason I could add XenServer in the previous post was I installed XenServer 6.2 onto a PC for testing and UEB can add that and do VM level backups on that server, looks like UEB doesn't support XenServer7

[hobbit666]

So this is what I've found out so far in summary:-

Unitrends Free only supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to ESXi server supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to XenServer supports - XenServer and Hyper-V

Might see what Hyper-V UEB supports monday

[hobbit666]

Just remembered that Hyper-V (core) doesn't like unitrends so installing Server 2012 and will enable Hyper-V role then install unitrends see what happens.

[hobbit666]

So deployed to Hyper-V

[hobbit666]

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

So this is what I've found out so far in summary:-

Unitrends Free only supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to ESXi server supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to XenServer supports - XenServer and Hyper-V

Might see what Hyper-V UEB supports monday

So latest is:-

Unitrends Free only supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to ESXi server supports - VMware and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to XenServer supports - XenServer and Hyper-V
Unitrends UEB deployed to Hyper-V supports - VMWare and Hyper-V

[scottalanmiller]

This is so weird. Why change the code base?

[Danp]

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

Just remembered that unitrends doesn't like Hyper-V (core)

FTFY.

This was my experience as well when trying to test Unitrends Free.

[hobbit666]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Can't restore a VM Backup that was done on ESXi onto Hyper-V! only another ESXi.

[DustinB3403]

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Can't restore a VM Backup that was done on ESXi onto Hyper-V! only another ESXi.

Wouldn't you have to perform an export from ESXi to a compatible file format?

I thought the backups made in ESXi were the proprietary format.

[hobbit666]

@DustinB3403 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Can't restore a VM Backup that was done on ESXi onto Hyper-V! only another ESXi.

Wouldn't you have to perform an export from ESXi to a compatible file format?

I thought the backups made in ESXi were the proprietary format.

Was just hoping for restoring to another Hypervisor to give me more options.

[scottalanmiller]

Adding @art_of_shred

[art_of_shred]

@hobbit666 said in Unitrends Enterprise Backup and XenServer 7:

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Can't restore a VM Backup that was done on ESXi onto Hyper-V! only another ESXi.

Do you need the entire backup of the machine? You can mount the image of the backup and restore any files anywhere you want.