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> On Behalf Of tkimball
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:28 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] VCB & Networker
> 
> James Pratt wrote:
> >
> > Yes you also need to zone your networker server into your SAN fabric
> > along with the ESX luns. (Nervous yet?! - Read the VCB guide first,
> > especially if you are running RDM's in your ESX - this is very
> > important, as you must disable windows auto-mount for disk volumes
and
> > do not run any MPIO software such as powerpath on the vcb server! -
Also
> > read vmware's VCB manual very carefully!)
> >
> 
> 
> Interesting.  I kinda skimmed over the VCB docs recently but
apparently missed the
> 'NW server on same SAN' part.  At that point I'd be more inclined to
make one of
> the various VMWare servers (perhaps the secondary VirtualCenter
system) a
> storage node and use that to service VM backups.
> 
> Are there problems with such a method?

Personally, I did not like the idea of zoning our NW server into the ESX
fabric/zone as well as the VTL/Tape zone, so I put it on a separate
server just in case, and was sure to disable automount via diskpart. (no
problems, works like a champ, but could use faster drives or a san lun
for staging vcbs)... 

(Just don't mess with windows disk manager on the proxy either - it's
kind of weird/freaky to see all your ESX luns in there showing on
multiple paths!)

jamie


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