Comments on: On N-Port ID Virtualization and VMFS datastores

By: Vladan

Vladan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:25:43 +0000

I would thought that it’s a good idea.. Usin a VM as a backup server as long as it’s gets support from the VCB to access the FC SAN directly. Shame it does not work…
Anyway, it was worth it to give it a try…

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:11:56 +0000

How many people do you think contact VMware on a daily base who connected their VCB proxy to their VMFS volume without disabling automount?

Anyway, this is NPIV 1.0 there’s more coming but for now this is a known limitation.

I just wonder why you aren’t leveraging the hot-add mode. Or is that a limitation of VEEAM?

By: Joep Piscaer

Joep Piscaer — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:29:03 +0000

A VM should be able to do the same as a physical machine does with a VMFS volume: VCB. Why create a boundary between physical and virtual machines in this respect? VMware has been fighting to do 100% virtualization for years, why shouldn’t we be able to virtualize the backupserver?

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:12:39 +0000

Of course it does not work with a VMFS volume. What the hell is a VM supposed to do with the VMFS volume itself?! Even if it would work it’s a huge risk.