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VADP and allowing MS Windows access to a VMFS LUN

Hello -

We're starting to explore the use of VADP backups with EMC Networker, and a config option we have is to use the "SAN" transport mode, which allows LAN-free backups and puts the load on the storage layer. However, a prerequisite to setting this up appears to be allowing a Windows server (a VADP proxy host with Networker software installed) read and write access to the LUNs containing the VMFS datastores. I've read that disabling automount in diskpart can make it harder to corrupt something, but i wanted to ask if anyone's tried this and if so, what was their experience like? There is concern about allowing Windows to access the LUNs.

Thanks!

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