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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 ArticleUnable to backup VM image with Arcserve 16.5 (patched to release 3)
Just wondering if anyone using Arcserve r16.5 successfully knows how to overcome this error i get when i run a job. I wish to backup a VM through the VM agent etc. Its configured for RAW etc. I have...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 - backup type DISK not listed in restore
VDP base 5.5We have configured a backup of type DISK which contains just one disk of a VM .Even if it is successful it is not listed int the restore list , i only see image type backup . Also , is it...
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 ArticleCan VDP do incremental backup on files?
I can find that VDP Advanced supports incremental backup for SQL server, Exchange with the agent provided, but couldn't find that for files backup.Does VDP or VDPA support incremental file backup? Thanks.
View ArticleVDP User Read Only
hi guysI need to create a read only user with VDP read only access but when I logging using a read Only user I see no VDP link to get into VDP and check backups status.anyone knows whats need to be...
View ArticleVDP Backup Failure with Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controller
I've tried several times to backup our domain controller (NTS501-PDC01), each time it fails at the 'create snapshot step', with the 'VDP: Backup Job' task, for it, failing shortly before the (separate)...
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 ArticlePoor NFS Performance: OpenFiler
Good Day Everyone, I have an issue with OpenFiler, a Linux-based operating that converts a computer system into a SAN/NAS appliance. Here is the problem. In my environment we have two Netapp...
View ArticleCreating a snapshot with quiesce guest succeedes, but triggers vss-error in...
Hi I'm trying to backup my virtual DC, running Server 2008 R2. The Computer has all windows updates and Vmware Tools installed. When creating a snapshot (quiesce guest file system is active, but...
View ArticleRecommend SCSI-to-iSCSI bridge
Hi guys, Currently I've got an ADIC FastStor 2 Tape auto-loader connected to a physical machine running Backup Exec 12.5 that backs up our VMs using internal agents. Our ESX hosts are running ESX 4.1,...
View ArticleSetup 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 ArticleVDR 2.0.1, /dev/sdb/ - unmounted physical disc, destinations
Hi All, I have a problem with my VDR 2.0.1, last backup was failure due to power problems and after that on VDR destinations where i had normally one network destination, stay another one, unmounted...
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 Article2 not working vdp's with /space partition full
been having some odd happenings the last few days where services would be stopped in the morning on 2 of the VDP appliances, usually management and scheduledthis morning 4 services were stopped on...
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 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 ArticleVDP 5.5 chokes on vCenter (Appliance 5.5) certificates
Hi, I just changed our vCAs self-signed certificates, replaced them with certificates from our internal CA.I followed VMware KB: Configuring Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates for vCenter...
View ArticleBackup Solution for new ESXi 5.5 Cluster.
All, We have built a new Cluster on ESXi 5.5 with 2 DL380 G8 servers (hosts) and a HP Storevirtual 4330 connected via iSCSI for SAN storage. All iSCSI have 4 NICs attached to a iSCSI 1GB Switch.The HP...
View ArticleVDP fails to start backup jobs
Hello all, I'm new in VDP. I try to run backup job in VDP, but job not started. In VDP I see failure status whitout any error code. VDP create snaphot and after that remove it. I read KB:...
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