NetBackup Replication Director for VMware

Replication Director is the implementation of NetBackup OpenStorage-managed snapshots and

snapshot replication, where the snapshots are stored on the storage systems of partnering
companies. Replication Director has been introduced in NetBackup 7.5.

Main features of Replication Director in NetBackup 7.6:

Enables NetBackup to manage NetApp hardware snapshots (currently only this vendor)

Leverages OpenStorage technology

Replicate snapshots to one or more array volumes

Duplicate snapshots to other locations (e.g. tape)

Supports VMware datastores (NetApp storage and NFS only)

Integration with VMware VM Intelligent Policies

Individual file search and recovery is supported

Snapshots can have separate retention policies

Replication Director uses an OpenStorage plug-in on the media server to communicate with the
disk array (through the storage server) and to make requests to move data. The Symantec plug-in is
installed by default with NetBackup.

Communication between the OSTPlugin and the NetApp Plug-in.

Supported NetApp snapshot replication topologies:

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapVault

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror
The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror, and then replicated again using SnapVault

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror, and then replicated again using
SnapMirror

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapVault, and then replicated again using
SnapMirror.
Requirements:

Installing NetBackup 7.6 on all master servers, media servers, and NetBackup clients (Virtual
machines must have a NetBackup client installed) to be used with Replication Director
NetBackup and NetApp license (like SnapMirror, SnapVault).