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
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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"
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