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Copper Contributor

Nov 15, 2017

ASR Unified Setup on Physical Server

I'm in the process of setting of ASR for my organization. We're a VMWare shop that also has a few physical servers. Our main backup server is a physical box and that's where I'd like to install the...

MCT

Nov 16, 2017

Hi Jeff

First I recommend you not to install configuration server on backup server its better to use a separate VM for this.

For the configuration server you must install the PowerCLI and VMWare tools. For configuration server prerequisite refer this

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-vmware-to-azure-manage-configuration-server

Following is the guide you can use to configure ASR

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-vmware-to-azure-install-mob-svc

Jeff Milligan

Copper Contributor

Nov 16, 2017

Thanks. What I'm asking is if the configuration server can be a physical server, not a virtual server. We have all virtual servers for our production environment, but I want the ASR configuration server to be on a separate physical machine, not a virtual one. Because it's a physical machine, I can't install VMWare Tools on it. The only way I can manage to get the configuration server installed on it is if I select "No" when the setup asks if I'll be backing up virtual machines...