Hi,
I just run into the Issue, that GRT-Enabled Backups via AVVI on GPT-Partitioned VMDKs in VMware fail with an exception and are not supported as stated in the SCL.
Does anyone know the technical background of this limitation and if there might be a chance to get this feature later on with another ServicePack ?
I wonder because it seems to be possible with Micsoroft Hyper-V based VMs (according to the SCL: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH217478&key=15047&basecat=COMPATIBILITY_LIST&actp=LIST ).
The problem is, that 2TB+ Volumes are getting more common even for smaller customers and doing agent level backups in VMs prevent me from doing SAN-based backups, which are way faster especially with FC. Switching off GRT is also not an option as this is one of the most basic backup features and about 75% of my restore jobs are single-file or directory based restores on file servers.
Source: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH69498&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1415000582760
Regards,
inti