Ranger,

Not to change the subject, but how did you add thkis thread to the board?

Gary

Gary -

Browse to the subject where you wish to post. You will see a "Start a Discussion" link on the right-hand side.

Dave Convery - VMware vExpert

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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
Doug Larson

Thanks Kevin.

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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
Doug Larson

I'm sorry, but I don't think I understand the question. Use the VC or client for what? If you mean the VCB Proxy, it really should be on a separate machine, but it will run concurrently with VC with the latest version. VCB and vRanger are very I/O intensive and could cause issues with VC communications.

Dave Convery - VMware vExpert 2009

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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
Doug Larson

The document centers around VMs in an ESX cluster. In this case, VC is required to determine the "owner" of the VM before the snapshot is taken. You could certainly direct this to an ESX server instead of VC. The client is not really needed for VCB to function. When you configure VCB the config.js would need a hostname of either the VC or an ESX server. If you use vRanger, you don't really need to edit the config.js file. vRanger will want the info for VC and all of the ESX servers involved.

If you do not have a vCenter server then the vRanger and VCB backup processes will communicate with the ESX server(s) involved. If you are clustering your ESX servers, then the communications will need to go through the vCenter server.

Dave Convery - VMware vExpert 2009

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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
Doug Larson