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Overview

A SEP sesam data mover (SDM-CX) is required to run a SEP sesam backup and restore in a Citrix XenServer environment. The good news is that normally nothing has to be done to make the SEP Sesam server itself work as a datamover without any customization. The only reason to change the datamover would be that the data stream received from the XEN server should not be processed by the SEP Sesam server but by an RDS. A data mover role for Citrix XenServer can be combined either with a SEP sesam Server, SEP sesam Remote Device Server or a SEP sesam Client. Any of these can serve as a SEP sesam data mover (SDM-CX) to transfer (send or receive) data between SEP sesam Server and Citrix XenServer. When Citrix XenServers are organized in pools, the SEP sesam data mover (SDM-CX) has to communicate directly with the pool master. When the backup starts, the pool master tells the SDM-CX on which Citrix XenServer the VM is located and forces a communication switch to the appropriate Citrix XenServer (mapping).

  • Any of the following SEP sesam components must be installed: SEP sesam Server, RDS or client.
  • A regular path backup has to work. For details on typical backup configuration, see Standard Backup Procedure.