Multiple App Volume Managers with Single vCenter

[LJMCP]

Hi all,

Wondering if multiple App Volume Managers can utilize the same vCenter appliance?

Can I have DEV and PROD appvol managers talk to a single vCSA?

I'm looking to be able to test App Volumes 2.12 with Office 2016 appstack without having to deploy a completely separate DEV/TEST environment (ie vCenter, ESXi, RDS hosts).  Currently on vCenter 5.5 and Appvol 2.11.

Thanks!s

[Lakshman · Accepted solution]

In general, you can configure same vCenter across multiple App Volumes Manager (same version). I'm not sure if different versions of App Volumes Manager will support same vCenter.

Do you have different domains for DEV and PROD?

[LJMCP]

Thanks Lakshman.  DEV and PROD currently share same AD domain.

[Lakshman]

In App Volumes 2.12, certificate validation is required by default for all communication between App Volumes Manager and vSphere. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2148178

Also, App Volumes Manager is installed with a port number of 443.

Suggest not to use the same vCenter for 2.11 and 2.12