Is it better to run VCenter appliance and Veeam server on the same virtual infrastructure or better to run on a physical server.
Hi
We use the vSphere Client version 6.7.0.30000 and VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 13981272 and we have
ESX-Host-1 and
ESX-Host-2
We have a total of 25 VMs running on 2 of these hosts.
We have the VCentre appliance running on ESX-Host 1
We have a Windows 2019 VM and Veeam backup and replication are installed on this VM.
Please suggest is it a best practice to run the VCenter appliance and Veeam server on the same virtual infrastructure or better to run on a physical server.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
We use the vSphere Client version 6.7.0.30000 and VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 13981272 and we have
ESX-Host-1 and
ESX-Host-2
We have a total of 25 VMs running on 2 of these hosts.
We have the VCentre appliance running on ESX-Host 1
We have a Windows 2019 VM and Veeam backup and replication are installed on this VM.
Please suggest is it a best practice to run the VCenter appliance and Veeam server on the same virtual infrastructure or better to run on a physical server.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
In later versions of vCenter Server e.g. 7.0 there is no Windows version.
It is an appliance only, so you cannot run the Appliance on a physical server.
We would recommend you use Virtual Servers and Appliances for everything, there is no benefit in using a physical server.
If you use Veeam as a virtual machine, it can take advantage of "hot-add" to backup virtual machines.
It is an appliance only, so you cannot run the Appliance on a physical server.
We would recommend you use Virtual Servers and Appliances for everything, there is no benefit in using a physical server.
If you use Veeam as a virtual machine, it can take advantage of "hot-add" to backup virtual machines.
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The storage is Dell EMC ME4024
How is Veeam currently configured to backup VMs ?
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We have a Qnap server and Veeam backs up to this Qnap server.
Hi,
for vCenter Andrew already answered, no physical now.
for Veeam it could be both, in general you have a Veeam server in VM (easier to protect and recover than physical), but could have physical Veeam servers for :
- proxy server connected to storage, to process the backup flows - it has even better perf than hotadd, but maybe slightly more complex and more requirements
- repository server - well you have a lot of storage options with Veeam, a good one nowadays could be a physical ReFS Windows or XFS Linux with a bunch of internal drives
- tape server - to connect to the tape library/drives
for vCenter Andrew already answered, no physical now.
for Veeam it could be both, in general you have a Veeam server in VM (easier to protect and recover than physical), but could have physical Veeam servers for :
- proxy server connected to storage, to process the backup flows - it has even better perf than hotadd, but maybe slightly more complex and more requirements
- repository server - well you have a lot of storage options with Veeam, a good one nowadays could be a physical ReFS Windows or XFS Linux with a bunch of internal drives
- tape server - to connect to the tape library/drives
Where are the VMs stored ?
then no, you don't need physical servers
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VMs backup are just on the qnaps , don't have an offline copy.
Planning for Cloud backup.
Planning for Cloud backup.
Yes, but where are the datastores for your ESXi host ?
Just local disk, no SAN , no shared storage, iSCSI, FC or NFS ?
Just local disk, no SAN , no shared storage, iSCSI, FC or NFS ?
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The datastores are located on the Dell EMC ME4024 storage.
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Hi Andrew, Tortu, and Pete
Thanks for your help guys :)
Thanks for your help guys :)
no problems, thanks for your interesting question!
Did you know I've written over 130 articles for Experts Exchange here
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https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/78972/HOW-TO-Install-and-Configure-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-7-0-U2-ESXi-7-0-2.html
Did you know I've written over 130 articles for Experts Exchange here
https://www.experts-exchan
and I've also now created a VMware Hancock's Half Hour Video series on vSphere 7.0.
This is Part 1.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/78972/HOW-TO-Install-and-Configure-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-7-0-U2-ESXi-7-0-2.html
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Thank you so much, Andrew.
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