VDP fsck failed.
Hello.. My VDP appliance is in a read-only state and will not boot into read-write. I don't understand the command I think its asking for i.e. bash# mount -n -o remount,rw / doesn't work? Is the bash#...
View ArticleConfiguring the free VDP backup appliance to back up Virtual Machines to a...
Can VDP backup virtual machines to a local storage device presented to the VDP virtual appliance configured as a passthrough device such as a USB drive that you have plugged in to a physical USB port...
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 not loading in web client
Just upgraded vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 and installed VDP along with it. The plug-in shows in the web client and I've configured VDP accordingly. All services (except for maintenance) are running on the VDP...
View ArticleVDP backups always fail regardless of state
Hello, I have tried to deploy VDP of several versions with the same result in order to evaluate the product but can't get it to backup a single host regardless of powered on or shut down. The...
View ArticleESXI on Virtual Box and vDR
Good Eveninig; I have implmented 2 ESXI servers as a Virtual boxes in VMware workstation ,and as the VMware restrict long mode (64bit) on ineer Virtualization layer (Virtual ESXI) ESXI i can't deploy...
View ArticleNetBackup and vmfs5 datastores > 2TB
Has anyone tested SAN transport mode with NetBackup 7.5 and datastores larger that 2 TB?Ia cannot find any a limitation in either vStorage API or netbackup regarding the size of the datastore.
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 Execution error: E10007:Miscellaneous Error File level recovery
I get an error from VDP when trying to use File Level Recovery from a windows 2008 server error is Execution error: E10007:Miscellaneous Error And in the log...
View ArticleBare Metal Restore of ESXi using Data Recovery Server
I was wondering if this is possible or if anyone has tried this.ESXi 5.0 with update 1DR Server 2.0.1 The idea I have is to Use DR Server on the ESXi host it will be backing up.In other words, DR...
View ArticleHP RDX - testing restore but unable to see RDX drive
We have a Proliant server with an internal (USB-connected) RDX backup drive.I am using Vsphere ESXi 5.1 (free version).The main VM is running Windows Server Essentials 2012 and I have installed the HP...
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 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 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 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 ArticleVDP shown old checkpoint as validated not latest checkpoint
VDP appliance oldest checkpoint as validated not latest checkpoint are validated. Any process to check specific checkpoint manually? Thanks in advance.
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 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 ArticleVDP Upgrade - stalls at 45% - Installation of the package stalled
Hi,i just tried the upgrade from VDP 5.5 to 5.6 and it stopped with this error message: Installation of the package stalledThe installation stalled due to an error. Please use your snapshot to rollback...
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