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I have been tasked with developing a backup/recovery plan for our 4 host ESXi 4.1 cluster, planning to upgrade it 5.5 shortly. This plan can include software and hardware from VMware, veeam, IBM,...
View Articlevdp 5.5.5 advanced cannot add a license to a host
i have downloaded and installed the 60 day eval mainly to test the replication feature.i have the license provided by vmware and added it during the install/configuration go into the web client then...
View ArticleConfiguring the free VDP backup appliance to back up Virtual Machines to a...
Can VDP backup virtual machines to a local storage device presented to the VDP virtual appliance configured as a passthrough device such as a USB drive that you have plugged in to a physical USB port...
View ArticleEnable CBT in vSphere 5.0
Hi, I'm thinking of enabling CBT on virtual disks for VMs. Currently, I don't see any ctkEnabled parameter set in configuration parameters. Can anyone tell me what is the impact if I just add the...
View ArticleVDP can't connect to Vcenter
Hi, i have installed VDP but it can't connect to vcenter.I have public IP both. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------nager.java:1361) at...
View ArticleReinstall VDP Appliance From Zero
Hi,how can i reinstall from the deploy the VDP appliance ?I have a corrupted appliance and i need to remove this.I Have not backup, this is a test first setup.Can i simply delete the Virtual Machine...
View ArticleVDP / vCenter dont register ...
friends, VDP 5.5 installed in the environment 5.0, everything went normal during the process without errors, but when access to the VDP console loads the vcenter not as if he had not registered, what...
View ArticleI can't manually hot-add one snapshot vmdk file to another VM.
Hi. Due to a backup issue, (hot-add jobs fail over to network mode), Veeam support suggest me to try to add a snapshot disk manually. I did the next steps: - Take one snapshot.- Edit settings of...
View ArticleLicense DPA (vSphere Data Protection Advanced) for partial server farm
DPA is licensed per CPU. Can I just license certain host(s) in a server farm? For exmaple, I have e.g. 3 vSphere Standard hosts with 2 CPUs each. I put all the critical VMs in 1 host and backup only...
View ArticleQueryChangedDiskAreas problem
I'm trying to use QueryChangedDiskAreas on an ESX 4 server through the Perl SDK. The method I'm using works for some VMs, but for others, I get back a FileFault. Looking at the ESX server logs...
View ArticleCan not create snapshot for 1TB VM Guest on ESXi 4 Host
I have an ESXi 4.1 host with local storage. I am trying to use a third party backup product called PHD that uses snapshots to backup VMs. I have a 1TB VM that is on a local storage data store that...
View Article"Cannot complete operation due to concurrent modification by another...
I've just updated VDP to 5.1.10.32 following Administration Guide. I removed snapshot after update but I'm not able to set disks to "Independent - Persistent“ mode again. I've got "File...
View ArticlevDR stopped backing up
I've been using VDR 2.0.1 for a few months now, with two 500GB NFS shares mapped in following the guides available. This has been working far better than the previous CIFS method I was using, and I've...
View ArticleInstall VDP 5.5 on vCenter 5.1 ?
Friends,I need to install the vSphere Data Protection in a production environment, but vSphere and vCenter are installed in version 5.1 and want to install VDP 5.5, I've tried doing some laboratories...
View ArticleData Recovery Snapshot Error -3941
Hi All, I am currently experiencing an issue with the backup of one VM using Vmware Data Recovery. The VM in question is a Windows 2003 DC. Initially the error we were experiencing was along the...
View ArticleVDP email configuration no longer works with yahoo or gmail.
I've had the email configuration page set up to email me via my yahoo account for several months. A few days ago, it stopped working with this error: "Send email summary report error: Failed to send...
View ArticleUsing Symantech Backup 2012 backup VMDK
Hi Member I use backup execu 2012 for backup vcenter and walk to backup guest(VMDK), But now on Backup excu have error sine backup vm guest . Please help to advise to me Factor Install new agent...
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VDPA 5.5.6.56 does not consolidate snapshots
Dear friends,I had the same problem with VDPA 5.5.5.180 and I am still having it after the upgrade to 5.5.6.56.After a successful backup of a VM, the snapshot created for the backup job is not...
View ArticleTime Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance
Hello, I installed vDP in lab environment to test the product. Everything was working well for few days. Since Saturday, I am facing with this error “the most common cause for this error is that the...
View ArticleVDP upgrade?
I'm trying to test upgrading the VDP appliance from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 via the upgrade iso package and following the upgrade instructions in the VDP admin guide. I get as far as step 10 in the installing...
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