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Thought this was kind of a cool function of Netbackup 7.5.  It has the ability to post last good backup date to a vCenter custom attribute.  Here is the article: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO71014 The short of it is to simply add the extensions ( Register extension, Unregister extension, Update extension ) permissions to your NBU role on top of those perms listed here: http://tech.zsoldier.com/2011/06/netbackup-perms-and-vsphere-4x.html and configuring vmware advanced attributes in netbackup 7.5+. http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO70998#v62458854 <-- Pointed out by Michael in comments. Cause I forgot to add it.  -->

Many moons ago back in April, I and several other vExperts were invited to Symantec HQ for an executive briefing.  What I thought was just going to be a sales pitch, turned into a deep discussion around virtualization philosophy and technical discussion around Symantec’s many products.  Hit the link to read more if you are interested in my experience.