On 02/04/2011 03:09 PM, Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com wrote:
> I have done this on two different NBU Domains and on each domain the 
> VMware backup host was a 2008 64bit Media Server. When presenting the 
> LUNs, Windows did not try to mount them or write signatures. They come up 
> as Healthy but showing as Offline, which is how you want them. I made no 
> changes using diskpart. In fact, I didn't do anything other than zone the 
> LUNs to the Windows server and rescan disks.
> 
> I will admit that this method of backing up VMs scares me because it 
> wouldn't be very hard for someone to come along and accidentally try to 
> Online/Initialize the LUNs. I would like to see VMware come up with some 
> additional security for these disks on the Windows backup host to prevent 
> this from happening. Since I'm on my wish-list soapbox, I would like to be 
> able to utilize Unix servers in the future for a VM backup host.

Thanks for confirming that you also didn't have any problems nor didn't
have to do anything special.  I also feel the same about having Windows
see all the ESX LUNs!

Best regards,
Jorge
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