Avamar Backup with VMware
Hi,We had # of ESXi host and Avamar backup application integrated. We are running very fine.But there is one issue we are facing it with Avamar. There are delta files which are leftover in the...
View ArticleUnable to login to VDP restore client
Hi I've just recently started to use the VDP and am trying to test the file level restore functionality.I'm unable to login to the restore client however. On a VM I have a backup of, I open IE and type...
View ArticleSecond NIC for Backups
Please bare with me as I am completely new to Virtualization.We are beginning our journey into virtualizing our environment. Currently 100 Physical Win2k3 boxes which eventually we would like to...
View ArticleVDR error, all restore points gone!
this morning i walked into the following errors: Integrety checkk completed with one error. destination will be locked until restore point with error is deleted. when i went to the restore window it...
View ArticleHave -delta.vmdk files, no -.vmsn files. How to restore guest OS to snapshot?
Hi,By accident using Datastore browser I have deleted almost all files of one of the guest OS. Only vmdk files (flat and delta) survived. So far I have managed to run (using this link...
View ArticleVDP / VDP advanced and unsupported disks
According to best practices - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-5120.pdf "When planning for backups, make sure the disks are...
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 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 ArticlevDR with vSphere 5.1 (Don't want VDP!)
We have two vSphere/ESXi installations, one (the primary setup) running vSphere5.0U1 with a 3-node ESXi 5.0U1 cluster, the other (secondary) is vSphere 5.1 with another 3-node ESXi 5.0U1 cluster. I...
View ArticleWhy does the snapshot process hang my VM's
Good Morning All, Thanks for taking the time to look! I have an issue with numerous virtual servers on our server estate. When VEEAM backs-up the server it takes a snapshot, when the back-up is...
View ArticleSlow restore speed of virtual machine
Hello! I have a question about slow restore speed of virtual machine. Backup speed of 8 VM (parallel) is about 900...950 GBytes per hour Restore speed of one VM on VMFS through SAN is only 75...80...
View ArticleBackup VDP appliance with VDP, a good idea ?
Hi, I'm using vsphere 5 with 3 esx V4 I'm testing VDP, as we can't backup on tapde the VDP data, I suggest to backup the VDP appliance (and data) with VDR on a CIFS folder. Then I will be able to...
View ArticleVMware Data Recovery step-by-step for newbie's
Firstly I have to say that this post was born due to my frustration with VMware Data Recovery. I was lucky or unlucky enough to be target by few different bugs in all releases, up to 1.0.2. VDR...
View ArticleHow to Copy VM from one site to another which are not connected...
Dear Team, We want to transfer one Virtual Machine image from one site to second site, without effecting Source VM. want to know following 2 methods will work .... Method 11) Take clone of Source VM2)...
View ArticleSnapshot left behind by Veeam Backup - vRDM LUNs
Hello,Veeam Backup was running fine, by mistake I stopped the job which was running on the Exchange 2007 VM. This exchange has got 1 VMDK for OS and 13 vRDM LUNs for Database. VM-ctk.vmdk files left...
View ArticleData Recovery - Integritätsprüfung
Hallo, ich weiss es gibt schon vermehrt einträge über dieses Problem jedoch konnte keines bei mir bis jetzt weiterhelfen.Wir verwenden Data Recovery 2.0, seit Oktober letzten Jahres werden die...
View ArticleSloooooow performance using VDR...
Hi, I'm a vRanger user who uses VCB SAN mode to do my day to day backups. When I heard about VDR, I got pretty excited, it was free, is totally integrated with the VI client and does...
View Articlevmware data recovery e-mail notification
Is there a possibility to send an e-mail after a successful job? I cannot found a configuration about that in data recovery. Regards
View ArticleVDR License Issue with Migrated VM
Hi, I've added a new host to my infrastructure which has been successfully licensed. I've migrated several VMs to my new host and they're all fine except one for which VDR reports the following error:...
View ArticleSnapshot Error - VCB Backup on VMs on VSphere 4
Hi, I encountered snapshot error 156 when performing a vcb backup on VMs hosted on VSphere 4. Can advise me on how to resolve? Thanks
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