Hi,backup server is running 2x10Gbps NICs and it is in VLAN with Netapp iSCSI AFF device. I have also 1Gbps network card for management purpose. Also these two network cards are in trunk so they are doing 20Gbps now (at least I think they are doing it :-) )Integration between Netapp and Veeam is configured using management ports of the Netapp which is in different VLAN reachable by this 1Gb NIC from backup server. So, I can see snapshots on Netapp but backup is being done slow (probably using 1Gb NIC). How to force Veeam to use these 10Gbps NICs instead of 1Gbps NIC? Is there a KB for this integration to read how to setup this?Thank you.

Hi@imadam- I still am not fully understanding what you’re trying to achieve. I understand you have a NetApp configured for iSCSI. And you have snapshots on your NetApp. But, what are you backing up? VMs, I presume? And, you want to use Backup From Storage Snapshots? It is generally configured by default, but in your Job > Storage section > Advanced button > Intergration tab, I assume the BfSS is enabled? And, you see BfSS mode for each VM in you Backup Job being used?...not nbd mode?Maybe everything is configured ok, but you’re just wanting to force 10GB NICs on your Veeam server to be used/seen by your SAN? When I was using physical Windows servers as Proxies and wanted to use my HBAs (10Gb), I assigned IPs of my storage network on those and used a different (mgmt) subnet for my 1Gb NIC. So, my storage network used those 10Gb HBAs based off the subnet I used with my SAN (I use Nimble, and iSCSI). All you should need to do is use the subnet on your HBAs your NetApp SAN is on. If NetApp is like my Nimbles...I connect to my array UI via a mgmt subnet to configure it, but my array’s storage uses a different subnet for storage tasks→replication, etc. I have 2 separate switches for each subnet.Have you looked at Veeam’s Storage Integration Guide? Specifically, look at “Requirements for Proxies”; “General Requirements and Limitations”; “Adding NetApp ONTAP”; and “Configuring Backup From Storage Snapshots” ….and those just for starters.Let me know if I’m not correct in my assumptions of what you’re trying to achieve.

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coolsport00
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12 February 2024

Hi @imadam -

I am just following up here on your post to see if any of the provided comments helped you with your Netapp storage BfSS configuration? If any of them helped, we ask you mark one as ‘Best Answer’ so others with a similar question/issue/query may benefit from your post. If you still have questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Thank you.

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14 February 2024

@coolsport00 hi there. There is no best answer to be honest with you or all the answers are best. We were navigating over muddy waters. We managed to cover almost everything except to push traffic over wanted networks card. Veeam has here really poor management over this. Actually it doesn’t work.
If I get some more time in next few days, I will open ticket and have Veeam to sort it out. I don’t want to loose time over that.

Other then that, Veeam and Netapp needs to improve their integrations guides with some more details and use scenarios (there are a lof of nfs/cifs/iscsi implementations out there with multiple nic cards). I will pick one of the answers.

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coolsport00
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14 February 2024

Hi @imadam - thanks for the update. Well...sorry we weren’t able to get you to point you were hoping with your setup. Really surprised the traffic isn’t traversing over the 10Gb NICs. Yeah..I think reaching out to Veeam Support will get you sorted. They should be able to help finalize where we weren’t able to, or whatever it was we missed.

If you think about it, would be curious to hear what they say and what they did to get you going like you’re wanting.

Cheers.

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coolsport00
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14 February 2024

@coolsport00 hi there. There is no best answer to be honest with you or all the answers are best. We were navigating over muddy waters. We managed to cover almost everything except to push traffic over wanted networks card. Veeam has here really poor management over this. Actually it doesn’t work.
If I get some more time in next few days, I will open ticket and have Veeam to sort it out. I don’t want to loose time over that.

Other then that, Veeam and Netapp needs to improve their integrations guides with some more details and use scenarios (there are a lof of nfs/cifs/iscsi implementations out there with multiple nic cards). I will pick one of the answers.

BTW...back in the day (6-7yrs ago?) when I was working on getting my Proxies to do DirectSAN, I had a trying time there, as there wasn’t really much documentation on how to explicitly do so, so I do get your frustration. Thankfully, I found a HPE SE (I use Nimble) who wrote a white paper on the process and I was able to get it set up.

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14 February 2024

Hi @imadam - thanks for the update. Well...sorry we weren’t able to get you to point you were hoping with your setup. Really surprised the traffic isn’t traversing over the 10Gb NICs. Yeah..I think reaching out to Veeam Support will get you sorted. They should be able to help finalize where we weren’t able to, or whatever it was we missed.

If you think about it, would be curious to hear what they say and what they did to get you going like you’re wanting.

Cheers.

We managed to push it over 10G NIC but we are not Ok how this is working. I had to shutdown 1Gb nics in order to have this traffic going onver 10Gb.

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3 months ago
14 February 2024

@coolsport00 hi there. There is no best answer to be honest with you or all the answers are best. We were navigating over muddy waters. We managed to cover almost everything except to push traffic over wanted networks card. Veeam has here really poor management over this. Actually it doesn’t work.
If I get some more time in next few days, I will open ticket and have Veeam to sort it out. I don’t want to loose time over that.

Other then that, Veeam and Netapp needs to improve their integrations guides with some more details and use scenarios (there are a lof of nfs/cifs/iscsi implementations out there with multiple nic cards). I will pick one of the answers.

BTW...back in the day (6-7yrs ago?) when I was working on getting my Proxies to do DirectSAN, I had a trying time there, as there wasn’t really much documentation on how to explicitly do so, so I do get your frustration. Thankfully, I found a HPE SE (I use Nimble) who wrote a white paper on the process and I was able to get it set up.

Better documentation from Veeam+Netapp should be in place. What they have maybe it is Ok from their perspective when you are working day-in/day-out with same stuff but for other people doing this like once or twice a month with all other vendors what comes to your way, it time consuming.

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Chris.Childerhose
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3 months ago
14 February 2024

Hi @imadam - thanks for the update. Well...sorry we weren’t able to get you to point you were hoping with your setup. Really surprised the traffic isn’t traversing over the 10Gb NICs. Yeah..I think reaching out to Veeam Support will get you sorted. They should be able to help finalize where we weren’t able to, or whatever it was we missed.

If you think about it, would be curious to hear what they say and what they did to get you going like you’re wanting.

Cheers.

We managed to push it over 10G NIC but we are not Ok how this is working. I had to shutdown 1Gb nics in order to have this traffic going onver 10Gb.

That is typically how you have to have it work when it comes to networking and storage.

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