Hi there,
Does anyone have experience enabling VMWare ESXi Lockdown Mode (Normal or strict) and how it interacts with CommVault VSA backups for VMWare? Customer has a mix of SAN direct, NBD, and HotAdd (via proxy) backups.
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VMWare VSA backups and ESXi Lockdown mode
Best answer by Albert Williams
Hello
Thanks for the great question!
The following goes over what VMware states about the different lockdown modes and who it will impact
In Commvault when creating the User account we recommend the following:
https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/configuration_of_vsphere_user_accounts.html
I recommend making sure that the account that is created in the above is included in the exception user list and backups should not be impacted.
Kind regards
Albert Williams
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Hello
Thanks for the great question!
The following goes over what VMware states about the different lockdown modes and who it will impact
In Commvault when creating the User account we recommend the following:
https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/configuration_of_vsphere_user_accounts.html
I recommend making sure that the account that is created in the above is included in the exception user list and backups should not be impacted.
Kind regards
Albert Williams
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