Sun Storage 7110 Backup Options

[cookie_monster]

Yes I read the same thread on wiki.

I wonder if we could get Phil Lawrence to give us the Sun oppinion

[teejay]

Ok, can one of you running Backup Exec try this below, it fixed a problem with Arcserve where it was failing if any drives had been mapped on the backup server:
In DNS, create a CNAME record for the Sun Storage server with a different name to what you currently call it, so if your Sun box is called sun.my.domain use something like sunbackup.my.domain
In your backup software, connect to the shares using the cname host name, rather than the proper host name.

[Duke]

For what it's worth I upgraded to Q3.1.0 last night and with Backup Exec 10d my backup ran fine. No errors other than the usual warning about not having the agent installed, but it still grabbed the changed files (differential backup) and restored them with no problems.

Chris

[john]

Where as I have had to go back to 2.5 again as I cannot get backup exec to work at all with 3.1

[RobFuller]

what backup method are you using?

[Duke]

Where as I have had to go back to 2.5 again as I cannot get backup exec to work at all with 3.1

Can you browse the S7000 at all when you're on the backup selection screen in BE? If you do a credentials test does it pass? Have you got any options for not using the remote agent? When mine can't connect to a remote agent (because there isn't one) but it can still access the share it just tells me it's falling back on the local agent. presumably all you're trying to back up is a standard non-hidden CIFS share?

(If it makes you feel any better, my S7410 just threw me a Major Defect! Still working fine oddly enough!)

Chris