# Requirements for Importing NetBackup VMware Data

Review the following requirements to import Netbackup VMware data to Commvault storage.

- Verify that you have an existing Netbackup environment where VMware backups are configured and a new or existing CommCell environment with basic backup infrastructure, like CommServe, MediaAgents, and backup plans.

- Review the requirements for data access node / Command Server / staging client server

  - Verify that you have both the Commvault file system package and Netbackup server installed on these servers.
  - You need a minimum of 16 GB RAM with 8 vCPUs and 1 TB hard disk space. The hard disk drive space requirement depends on the parallel jobs factor and the size of the source VMs. The disk space can be calculated based on VM size * 5. After the import is complete, the staging area is pruned immediately.
  - The Veritas NBU components must be able to run specific admin commands to fetch the client and job information.
  - Verify that you have the following software installed on these servers:
    - RHEL 8.0 OS with latest updates
    - Commvault Platform Release 2024E File System and MediaAgent Package
    - Veritas Netbackup Server Package
    - JQ command-line JSON processor package ( yum install jq )

      The JQ is a standard package which is used for JSON processing. The package is used to process the NetBackup restorespec file, which is in JSON format.

- Create a separate mount for datastore export and staging area. For example, /cvstorage with a minimum of 100 GB storage disk space. Expose this drive as NFS to the ESXi host below to use as NFS datastore.

- Create a VMWare ESXi Server in the Netbackup configuration for temporary recovery

- Create a NFS v4 datastore using the storage mounted on the data access node

  The NetBackup VMs are recovered on the NFS datastore created on the ESXi host. For example, the app populates the /cvstorage/year/subclientid path on the data access node / staging client with the restored VM backup data, which is then backed up as regular file system data on Commvault storage.

- Create a new datacenter inside vCenter and add the ESXi host

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