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Is it supported to use multiple SCVs to back up and restore the same datastore that is mounted by multiple ESXi hosts with different vCenter servers?

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)
  • Multiple VMware environments, each with its own ESXi host, vCenter Server, and SCV
  • The same datastore is mounted by multiple ESXi hosts

Answer

  • No, SCV is not supported in this configuration.
  • This configuration may cause unexpected backup failures, snapshot conflicts, and data corruption due to race conditions because one SCV cannot be aware of the others.

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