On 02/04/2011 03:09 PM, rusty.ma...@sungard.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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