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VMware backup selection methods for a single vCenter & Commserve manage two DCs apart

  • June 15, 2023
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Hi Good Day!

Environment:

One commserve to manage the backup of 2 Data centers in different locations.

One vCenter to manage VMs of 2 DCs. It is in the stretched cluster the VMs shall move between the DCs.

Question:

What is the best method for selecting the VMs discovered in the local DC for backup? Do not want to load the VM backup traffic across the DC in a failover scenario. Could select the backup based on VM presented on the ESXi hosts in the local DC? Or can I use tag, Folder & Data Store based VM selection? Which method best satisfies the requirement?

 

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    Hi @Comtech ,

    First you can check this:

    https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/36313_lan_free_backups.html

    And then this:

    https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/36288_designate_proxy_to_back_up_virtual_machines_in_subclient.html

    You can also check this:

    https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/32572_best_practices_for_virtual_server_agent_with_vmware.html

    https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/32183_vsphere_tag_support_vmware.html

    Best Regards,

    Sebastien Merluzzi

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    • June 15, 2023

    Hi Sebastien, Thanks for the information. The last article was useful.

    I think it is better to use the tag assigned to the Host for the VM selection/discovery for the backup. As long as the host cannot failover to the opposing DC the backup traffic will be routed to the local HSX Storage Pool within the DC.

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