topic SMVI and vCenter database protection in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46811#M4564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P></P><P>We have, temporarily, are vCenter database running in a VM.<BR />The Best practices guide states that the database associated with vCenter must not be installed on a VM protected by SMVI.<BR />I suppose I could just move it to a datastore that is not protected by SMVI but I wonder how much of an issue it really is?</P><P></P><P>The guide also states vCenter will fail due to vCenter timeouts caused by the vmware snapshot process.<BR />Our SMVI backup does not make use of Crash consistent VMware snapshots. <BR />So are we still at risks for these vcenter timeouts?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:57:20 GMT belgianbiscuit 2025-06-05T06:57:20Z SMVI and vCenter database protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46811#M4564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P></P><P>We have, temporarily, are vCenter database running in a VM.<BR />The Best practices guide states that the database associated with vCenter must not be installed on a VM protected by SMVI.<BR />I suppose I could just move it to a datastore that is not protected by SMVI but I wonder how much of an issue it really is?</P><P></P><P>The guide also states vCenter will fail due to vCenter timeouts caused by the vmware snapshot process.<BR />Our SMVI backup does not make use of Crash consistent VMware snapshots. <BR />So are we still at risks for these vcenter timeouts?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:57:20 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46811#M4564 belgianbiscuit 2025-06-05T06:57:20Z Re: SMVI and vCenter database protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46816#M4565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No you are correct. If you are not using the VMWare snapshots then you will not experience the timeouts and can have the vCenter DB protected by SMVI.</P><P></P><P>Keith</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:38:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46816#M4565 keitha 2011-03-31T21:38:02Z Re: SMVI and vCenter database protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46821#M4566 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Keith, looks like I have nothing to worry about then.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:56:52 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-and-vCenter-database-protection/m-p/46821#M4566 belgianbiscuit 2011-03-31T21:56:52Z