I believe that VMWare recommends having a dedicated server for VCB
(Win2k3 sp1 to be precise). We tried out this root and decided on a
3rd party solution. It works OK but could be better.

Ken

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:28 AM, tkimball
<networker-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> --TSK
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