I'm using Image level backup with both Veeam and Avamar on vSphere 5.1.
When the backup software access an ESXi host to backup all of its vmdks, we are wanting to make sure that traffic is not sent out the same vmkernel port used for mangagement on the ESXi host. Access to the vmdks is through the ESXi host as opposed to through a VM, so I'm assuming (but please correct if wrong) that normally it is using the management vmkernel port by default. If we want to separate management vmkernel port traffic from backup traffic accessing the vmdks, how do we do that? Can I create a separate vmkernel port and somehow force the backup software to access the vmdks through that other vmkernel port?
Thanks