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VDP: Failed to attach disk
Hi everyone, I've tried everything I could for the past 2 days and I am still geting this... I have reinstalled it 4 times so far and still same thing!I CAN ping from within VDP shell the esxi hosts,...
View ArticleVmware C drive issue
How can I extend my C drive space without restart my VM machine. Please explain me all the possibilities.
View ArticleCBT on Eager Zeroed Disks
Hi All, If a disk is provisioned using thick eager zeroed, will the CBT consider all disk sectors in use and back up the entire disk rather than just the used disk space? How does it work? Please share...
View ArticleVDP upgrade from 5.1.11.3 to 5.5.6
Is it possible to upgrade vSphere Data Protection from 5.1.11.3 to 5.5.6 ?? In the VMware interoperability list, vCenter 5.1 shows as compatible with VDP 5.5.6, but in VDP administrators guide, there's...
View ArticleExcessive traffic between VDP and vCenter Server
Good day to every one,I have a matter that i hope some one could shine some light on.I found some traffic between vDP and VC that could total to 2GB in a day.vsphere enviroment - 5.5 upgraded from...
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 Articlesetting up an iSCSI tape library with BackupExec
Hi,I am (still) setting up my first VMware site and i am up to the point of getting backups going.A bit of background: I have 3 physical servers that connect to an iSCSI SAN. All VMs are stored on...
View ArticleVDP Backup Error E30999
Got the attached error during backup. Last backup was successful
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 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 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 ArticleVM Restore fails when the particular ESX(i) Server is managed by vCenter
Hi, I have tried VM restore into an ESX(i) Server using vStorage API. But, it fails with "Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server(vCenter Server) that is managing it" error....
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...
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 ArticleHow to Switch VDP to new vCenter ?
Hi all Due to some issue. I reinstalled the vCenterMy vcenter installed on windows 2008 R2But my VDP backup have to be managed by the new oneDoes anyone know how to switch the VDP to new vcenter...
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 ArticleVADP using NBD: what network port on ESX server is used for data transfer?
I've gone through a bunch of VMware documentation (including the API guide) and can't seem to find this documented anywhere. I have an environment where we will be bringing 10GbE ports online on a...
View ArticleWe can’t make quiesced VMware Snapshots on a VM with Exchange 2010 in a RDM LUN
Hallo, first i must say, that we don't need a backup of the Exchange 2010 enviroment, this will be taken with NetApp SnapManager for Exchange. But the OS VMDK files are on a NFS Datastore and this...
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...
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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...
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