Netbackup Master/Media server on a Linux client with tape
It appears that a Netbackup Master server can run on a Linux client. I'm curious if anyone is doing this. I'm also wondering if you have an attached tape library for backup. So far in the...
View ArticleVDR email notifications working...
We've managed to get email notifications working from our VDR installation (1.1.0.707). It certainly is not the most elegant solution; but I am hoping by sharing it with the community that it can be...
View ArticleVDP VCenter Registration test failure
Hi,We have deployed a 0.5 TB VDP appliance but when going through the initial setup we get the following error: Specified user either is not a dedicated VDP user or does not have sufficient vCenter...
View ArticleVM Backup strategy
Hi All, I have just set up ESXi on my server and I will be running a few VMs as a home lab. I have 4 HDDs and since my server only has software RAID ESX doesn't work with this. How else can I back up...
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 backup failed
Hi, VDP backup failed with below error. "Error: An attempt was made to backup a client in a group failed because the client does not have any data matching the data target specified in the dataset."...
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 ArticleFull and incremental backup in VDP
Hi, How to configure VDP backup for full and incremental level? So, far I found there is no option for full Or incremental. It is the retention period can determine the backup type? I set retention...
View ArticleDoes VDP support multiple data stores?
I noted that VPD has limit of 2TB data store and 8TB for VDPA. Can I create multiple data stores if I have data size more than that?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleVDP configuration shows license but backup will not run; cluster or host not...
I am evaluating VDP Advanced wtih vCenter 5.5 also with an eval license. The VDP show up in vCenter. I can add the license to the configuration tab and assign to a host but when I configure a backup,...
View ArticleVM 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 and RAW Disk
Hi all, Im just checking the VDP 5.5.Im stuck with the RAW's and backup/recovery of guests with this hd'sI know that is not supported to backup such HD's but I thought i can just backup the guest...
View ArticleLicense DPA (vSphere Data Protection Advanced) for partial server farm
DPA is licensed per CPU. Can I just license certain host(s) in a server farm? For exmaple, I have e.g. 3 vSphere Standard hosts with 2 CPUs each. I put all the critical VMs in 1 host and backup only...
View ArticleLast backup of VM from Vcenter?
Hi, is it possible to identify when a VM was last backup via CBT ?I got an external backup software, but want to monitor it from Vcenter, maybe via powershell. Thanks, Magnus Moderation note:...
View ArticleErrors with snapshot creation before TSM backup
Hi, we have a problem with backup via TSM. What we have:Windows Server 2008SP2Vcenter 4.1TSM – 6 version – Client and Server install on one Server with Vcenter12 VM’s Problem:We have a problem only...
View ArticleDifferent backup solutions
Hello and thank you for taking the time for this discussion. We current have nine servers for virtual machines and two of them are in operation. So a few questions before I go any further: 1) I would...
View ArticleVMware vDP with Virtual Matchine Snapshot
Just a Query, is it possible to take VM Backup using vDP (vSphere Data Protection Standard, 5.5.1 ) when there is a snapshots present?
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 ArticleVDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity
Hi, I've got this alarm "VDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity" because the datastore where i have the VDP virtual disks is almost with the exact size of the virtual...
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...
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