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NickDaGeekUK
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Hi Joreg

"Well.... I am not sure if this can be solved through the vmware forum. For me it sounds that a cisco dude (no offense....... hmm maybe a little) have setup your vSphere environment." ROFL :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:.

That makes sense to be honest with you, I have a limited understanding of ESXi networking and was puzzled by the Port Group and vmk ideas. If I understand what you have told me the vmk is for services like ISCSI, vMotion etc.

We are using ISCSI but I can't see any ISCSI assigned to the backup vmk so I am assuming it is going straight out from the VM over the 4 port LAG and not touching the Backup LAN at all. The fact that the vSwitch isn't Layer 2 aware was something I really had no clue about but was starting to suspect.

"Your ESXi 6.0 is out of support" :downcast_face_with_sweat: I know,

Ancient hardware so can't push it too far forward, best I can achieve is likely to be 6.5 based on hardware compatibility of CPU. I am looking at patching next.

You have given me a lot to think about. Will come back to this tomorrow. 

Thanks

Nick

Kind regards,
Nick.
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