Can VCB Proxy, VC, Backup server on the same server ?

[violet68]

Hi all,

Can i setup the VCB proxy server on the same server with VC and Backup server ? all 3 in one server ?

I read somewhere it says you can not do it, i dont know why ?

it is something about Power path?

thanks

I have 2XESX 3.0.2

VC : 2.0.2

VCB 1.0.3

I have one physical backup server and have VC installed on it, the idea is to install VCB proxy on it as well.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Yes that will work, it is what I do actually. Make sure your Server is pretty hefty and has the proper HBA (FC, iSCSI, NIC) for the SAN/iSCSI connections. This configuration does not affect VC.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky, author of the forthcoming 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', publishing January 2008, (c) 2008 Pearson Education. Available on Rough Cuts at http://safari.informit.com/9780132302074

[doubleH]

hey edward....is this something new? i was under the impression that VCB and VC on the same server is not a ** supported ** config. do you have any documentation that states this?

thanks

[crazex · Accepted solution]

Technically, yes, you can set it up this way. However, if you do set it up like this, don't plan on using any VM templates, as they will not work. This is a known issue with VC and VCB residing on the same server, and thus why it is not a "supported" configuration.

Well after reading Tex's post, Is this something they fixed with the release of 3.02, 2.02, and 1.03? I was not aware of this.

-Jon-

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[violet68]

Thanks for the response,

I am still looking for the doccumentsaying that we cant install VC , Backup server and VCB proxy on the same box .

If you guys run across this statement, pls post it here.

thanks

[depping]

As far as I know this is fixed in the new releases of VCB/ESX/VC indeed Crazex, but I can't find the documentation to back this up.

Duncan

[Greg_Fe]

The documentation for using VCB and VC on the same server is in the VCB 1.1 Release notes, page 4.

"VirtualCenter 2.5 and Consolidated Backup can coexist on the same system. However, since the VCB proxy should be locked down as much as possible, VMware does not recommend this setup."