VM Direct Path - NIC teaming (VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices)
Hi, Quesion on if this will work and if it's sensible.; Software: Running ESX 5.1 U1 (standard licence so no dVSwitches) Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380p, 3 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 detailed reporting e.g. Size etc ?
Hi , I am using VDP for few days , installed and configured without troubles,I did a test backup , but I can't find any place to check backup details, just the Reports tab show some poor details...
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...
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Download from ESXi4 with SCP stops after ~500MB
Hello folks,I have a weird problem when backing up one of my virtual machines on ESXi 4.I use ghettoVCB.sh to create a *.gz-file of my VM which actually works great. I start the procedure via a script...
View ArticleVDR 2.0 cifs errors
Hi. I have upgraded from VDR 1.2 to 2.0 and have problems with dedupe store on cifs share on Windows 7. Previous VDR had no problem with backup on cifs share, but new version throws me this error in...
View ArticleErr_code: -110 SnapshotVM: Exception Raised - fault.RestrictedVersion.summary
Hi,We use VMware ESXI version 4.1.0 as a host with vSphere Client Version 4.1.0. There are guests with Windows 2003 Srv and Windows 2008R2 Srv. The backup runs on another Windows 2008R2 with CA...
View ArticleVirtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hi, We have VSphere 5.0 and would like to find easy way to backup virtual machines not only file level but in case of some problems we would like to be able to easy restore virtual machine as cost of...
View ArticleManual backup and restoration of vCenter 5.1
Folks -- Will the new SSO facility change the way we are to restore the vCenter 5.1 server? Are the instructions in KB 1023985 still valid for vCenter 5.1? We have installed vCenter 5.1 on a...
View ArticleVMWare and Tape Libraries
I am trying to do a direct passthrough of a dell pv124t tape library to a W2K8r2 vm. The vm sees the SAS card that the library is attached to with no issues, but the library is not showing up in...
View ArticleSpace Calculation and retention policy
hi guys I have this scenario right now I have 29 VMs around 3.5 TB storage used. All are Thin provisioned.I have to implement a retention policy like this: Weekly backup on Saturdays and this Weekly...
View ArticleVDP Remove and Install to new host
Hi - I am currently running VDP 5.1 on an old ESXi 5.1 host.I have bought a new ESXi host running 5.1 U1I would like to upgrade to VDP 5.5.1 but would rather install a fresh copy of VDP 5.5.1 on the...
View ArticleVDP - Limit concurrent backups
Hi, Has anyone tried to limit concurrent backups? Default number (8) is just too much for our NAS and i'd like to have 4 or even 2 backups running at the same time. Jeff Hunter mentions that it's...
View ArticleVDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
Many of my customers have very simple installs with a single SAN. I have a test environment right now where I have 2 esxi hosts and a san. One of the hosts has a local datastore. I am using the local...
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 simply does not work
I have almost had it with this product (or at least this release).I did a very simple Backup of my VM, and tried to do a restore. The VM is running Ubuntu (if that makes any difference)?, and its VMDK...
View ArticleVDP - VMware Data Protection 5.1 is Free ?
Hello, I have 3 clusters running ESXi 5.0 with VCenter 5.0. I would like to use the VDP 5.1, but for that I need to update the VCenter 5.1. Know tell me that the VDP 5.1 (2TB) is free? Someone...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 and Exchange 2013
Hi,Does anybody know if VDP 5.5 really supports Exchange 2013 backup?I've installed agent, configured everything as in manual, but backups are failing.I suppose that there is wrong VSS writer for...
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 ArticleVDP ends up dying at every site.....always have to rebuild.
Ive got the basic version of VDP running at three sites (Vsphere 5.5, VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b, VCB 5.5). Without fail, after a moth or two, its quits running. Vsphere then gives four or more...
View ArticleFLR restore is showing error most of the times
Hi, While we try to use FLR for restoring the backup from VDP we are getting the following error message Failed to browse backup '<folder name>'. Unable to browse as proxies are unavailable This...
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