vmware essentials + Veeam Backup FREE Edition
Hi, Couple of questions and need some advice please. Network PlanHost 1 - 2 x 3Ghz Qurd Core CPUs with 16GB Ram, 2 x 1TB Raid 1VM - Windows 2012 Standard - PDC, Exchange, DNS, DHCPVM - Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleVmware Data Protection Restore Client File Level Restore Problem
Hello, I am having a 2008 server standard edition VM. It has got 3 HDs each having a single primary partition. But whenever I try to do a FLR it shows the following error: "Failed to get disks: The...
View ArticleBackup fails due to quiescing
Hello Since upgrading our environment from 5.0 to 5.1 we are having problems backing up several VM'sWe use the Netvault Backup, with the VMware Plugin, to backup our VM's When a backup job is run...
View ArticleVDR integrity check- how to bypass?
Hi all- I have a 400gb destination, however its mounted on a slow CIFS mount point (get about 125Mb/sec to it) the integrity check has been running since 9am yesterday (24.5 hours) and its currently...
View ArticleOpinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
We are looking at both of the products in the subject line for our DR solution. I can read all the marketing material till I'm blue in the face, however I wanted to here from people who are using them...
View ArticleLogs VDP
hi guys I have the latest VDP version and I am having problems with some backups... I have no idea since I really don't know what to check I meanwould you mind letting me know which logs I can check?...
View ArticleVCB Causes VM Heartbeat Alert and end users report it down
I have implemented VMware throughout our enterprise and am using VCB/Backup Exec for backups. One VM out of 80 or so has some strange behavior to end users. When the backup runs the VM generates a...
View ArticlevDP and DNS
Hi to all,I know I'm not the first and for sure not the last one to complain about vDP. But this crap is driving me creazy.I just want a simple backup routine and for that I used VDR for some time and...
View Articlehow to reduce used capacity in data protection?
A customer of ours uses vSphere Data Protection.In the reports, I see that Used Capacity is growing at 1%~2% per day.It has reached 86.31%.We removed old backup some days ago, so it should have been...
View ArticleOff-site backup with VDP?
So currently we have vSphere Essentials Plus, with 3 ESXi 5.1 host machines, a dedicated vCenter Server and a ReadyNAS 3200. I'm using VMware Data Protection to do backups of each of the VMs each day,...
View ArticleVDP starts backup at wrong time
My schedule is:Start backup: 11pm UTC (1am Local time). My local time is CEST (Spain).Start blackout: 5am UTC (7am Local time)Start Maintenance: 8am UTC (10am Local time) But i'm watching realtime what...
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Acronis vmprotect
Hey all, just want to warn everyone that is considering to use Acronis vmprotect in their environment. Initially we used veeam and everything was fine. After we growth we must extend our licenses and...
View ArticleVmware data recovery vs vmware consolidated backup
I am just reading up on the new stuff on vmware and am just wondering whats the difference between these two? It seems so much easier to use vmware data recovery compared to VCB. Perhaps the only...
View Articledeleted scheduled backups still attempting to run
I have a VDP install that I setup to backup some remote servers until I got a chance to do a local install at the site. I have since setup the local install and deleted the original jobs. The problem...
View ArticleBackup on NFS Share - questions
Hi,Just have a few question about my backups: Backup Scenario Source: Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualized on VMware 5.1. C: Disk is "System" D: is "Data". D: size is 1 TB. Purely a File Server.Target:...
View ArticleData protection vs. Data recovery
Hi, folks! I can't realize difference between VMware Data Protection and VMware Data Recovery?Can you tell me, please. Sorry for dumb question =)
View ArticleVDP Backup Job fails for Linux VM containing a /tmp partition mounted with...
Hi Community.Below you'll find a short report on a problem that can be observed on Linux Systems with noexec option on /tmp partitions. Problem Description:VDP fails to complete a backup job with VMs...
View ArticleVDR: Slow Integrity check
I have a VDR store that has a size of 180 GB. Integrity check started the first time this morning at 01:00 am. Now it is almost 6:00pm and it is still running with a progress of 20%...
View ArticleDoes vSphere support FC attached tape drive ?
Dear all, We are running a cluster of vSphere 4.1 Hosts. We are planning to add a FC tape drive to the SAN and BackupExec will be our backup software. We would like to know whether vSphere 4.1...
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