Setup VDP fails during vCenter registration
Hi, I want to setup the vSphere Data Protection VM. The Import was successful.But after that I opened the Webbrowser, entered "https://IP-aress:8543/vdp-configure". At the side "vCenter registration" I...
View ArticleVDP vs VDR
Hi everybody, i couldnt help myself starting this conversation. i was very suprised for VDR being shutdown.i knew VDR would be updated, but was not expectng so soon, since the latest 2.01 was released...
View ArticleVDR checksum errors
Hello, From time to time I see messages in the VDR message log like this: Oct 1 11:49:10 vmdr-a datarecovery: Chunkdedupe WARNING: Slab file 354: Header 1 at header offset 34604544 is invalid...
View ArticleVDP not usable after reboot
Hi to everyoneI need some help to regain access to my VDP appliance.Environment:vCenter server 5.1 listening to port 444ESXi hosts 5.0 build 623860VDP appliance 5.1.1 After first installation the...
View ArticleSnapshot backup failed due to VM quiescing
Hi All,When we take snapshot through NetApp VSC plugin most of the VMs not backed up due to the below error. Is there any other method available? How can i fix this? Please suggest me on this.Date-WARN...
View ArticleHow to make full guest OS backup?
What is the best way to make a full guest OS backup in the case that the hardware failed? I want to be able to simply re-install the hypervisor and restore the guest OS instead of reinstall everything...
View ArticleEMC VNX backup w/ Symantec
Hi there, We'd like to get some insight on backup configuration for VMware with EMC VNX and configuration of the storage and how its generally done. Currently we are using EMC VNX with our VMware 5...
View ArticlevSphere Data Recovery error -3948 ( vcb api exception)
Hi all, I have a problem with the data recovery, I am not able to backup my machines I only get following error: error -3948 ( vcb api exception) Hope anyone has a idea what this error mean and...
View ArticleVDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity
Hi, I've got this alarm "VDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity" because the datastore where i have the VDP virtual disks is almost with the exact size of the virtual...
View ArticleArcserve RAW VM backup -
I have ESXi 5.1 & ESXi 5.5 hosts, both using custom HP DL360 images (Gen8). When trying to backup a raw VM with Arcserve 16.5 (patched to latest release & support for ESXi 5.5 etc), i get this...
View ArticleLinux VM failing to snapshot
This is a bit of a strange issue and I haven't been able to find any evidence of similar reports. Maybe someone smarter than myself can point me in the right direction. I have been having trouble...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Unresponsive on Snapshot Removal (30 seconds+) when CBT enabled
Hi, I have a couple virtual machines on a NFS datastore running on a NetApp Filer. Everything works well normally. The storage is not overloaded. On my regular virtual machines, never backed up using...
View ArticleVDP - Crashed. Core services wont start. Rollback failed
My VDP appliance core services wont start. Rollback failed. Any suggestions? Is it easier to just delete it and start again? Thank you, tjcooper
View ArticleFailed to connect to VDP file level recovery client
Hello, I'm trying to connect to the file level recovery client of a VDP appliance from a virtual machine backuped by this appliance.Unfortunately after writing my local machine administrator...
View ArticleProblem with VDP: "File level restore service not running" and not able to...
Hello together, we've got a odd problem, from one day to the next, the VDP quit the file level restore service. When I try to start it with the web client, it just doesn't start.Also, I'm unable to...
View ArticleBest practices for vSphere host backup and restore
What is the best and most cost-effective way to backup an entire VSphere 5 host (includinng all VMs) for later recovery in the event of host hardware failure. I have RAID 5 or 6 (I forget which), but I...
View ArticleVDR email notifications working...
We've managed to get email notifications working from our VDR installation (1.1.0.707). It certainly is not the most elegant solution; but I am hoping by sharing it with the community that it can be...
View ArticleVDR 1.1 How to Remove Damaged Restore Points
I need to remove some damaged restore points, but what do i need to do after i mark them for delete, i.e. how do i delete them or run a manual reclaim job? also. what is the ramification to restore...
View ArticleRestoring VM's using Netbackup to ESXi host
Hi,In my environment we use Symantec Netbackup 7.1. We backup VM's using our vCenter server to a Netbackup 5000 device & the backups are then copied out to our Disaster Recovery site over a 100MB...
View ArticleVeeam Nightmare
http://vbscs.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/veeam-nightmare/ I am IT consultant for a few companies and all of them use different software packages for the same purposes of virtualization and backup. All of...
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