I have Essential VMware vSphere license. I can utilize three hosts. I want two hosts to be in a cluster and managed by vCenter. The third host I don't want in vCenter. I want it to have separate login credentials and serve as a standby for the two hosts in the cluster. For security. I would like to use Veeam to replicate machines (_replica) at night. The _replica machines will be powered off and in case of cluster failure, DC lost..... they will be powered on - manually. Will Veeam be able to replicate machines to such a standalone ESXi if it's not in vCenter?
If I understand correctly, they won't be able to perform backups of VMs from the third host using Veeam because it's not managed by vCenter, but can replicas be created on it?
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Re: Three esxi but only two managed with vCenter - Veeam replication
Yes as long as its been added to your VBR backup infrastructure
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Re: Three esxi but only two managed with vCenter - Veeam replication
If I understand correctly, they won't be able to perform backups of VMs from the third host using Veeam because it's not managed by vCenter, but can replicas be created on it?
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Re: Three esxi but only two managed with vCenter - Veeam replication
A standalone host can be added to VBR and the VMs can be protected.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
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Re: Three esxi but only two managed with vCenter - Veeam replication
I have a customer with such a constellation. The standalone Host is a "cold" one which means its fire up before the replication and Veeam shuts it doewn when the job is finished. From a Veeam perspective there is no CPU licensing needed because only where Veeam reads data needs to be licensed. This isnt a question if you convert already to VUL.
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