Effect of multiple vmkernel with management traffic enabled

[hccvm]

We are looking to separate NBD backup traffic in our vmware environment and as per the software vendor, we need to add an additional vmkernel interface on that dedicated network and enable management traffic on it. Since this is an isolated backup network that vCenter cannot communicate with directly, would this cause any issues with the existing management network?

As an alternative, is the vSphere Backup NFC option for vmkernel interfaces in essence achieving the same behavior? If so then I think that is the best option as it is built in.

Thanks.

[jburen]

I think you are right if you say that both options achieve the same behavior. I would first go with vSphere Backup NFC and see if that works for you.