VDR 2.0 cifs errors
Hi. I have upgraded from VDR 1.2 to 2.0 and have problems with dedupe store on cifs share on Windows 7. Previous VDR had no problem with backup on cifs share, but new version throws me this error in...
View ArticleVDR 2.0 monitoring best practices and tools
Hi, Simple question: What are VDR 2.0 monitoring best practices and tools? As there are no alarms in vCenter, I would like to integrate some check in Nagios to get informed when something is wrong with...
View ArticleError in using VDR
I installed VDR successfully and made a scenario to back up VMs to an external USB drive.I prepared and mounted an external USB drive as "SCSI-1:0". I made a backup job with specific properties for my...
View ArticleVDP vs VDR
Hi everybody, i couldnt help myself starting this conversation. i was very suprised for VDR being shutdown.i knew VDR would be updated, but was not expectng so soon, since the latest 2.01 was released...
View ArticleHow to properly remove VDP ?
Hi, how can I completly and properly remove VDP appliance ? Destrying the virtual machine doesn't change nothing, vpd still apear in the web client. Thank for your help Theju
View ArticleVDP 5.1 E30931 Failed to initiate a backup
Hello, I have a problem with VDP backups.Yesterday I restarted my ESXi servers and my SAN. We are using 2x Dell PowerEdge R805 for hosts and a Dell PowerVault MD3000i SAN.Because we are changing to a...
View ArticleVDP will not backup Server 2008 R2 - lots of errors
I just downloaded and installed new newest version of VDP on Vsphere 5.1. I had it back up two linux VMs....no probem. I then tried to have it back up a Windows 2008 R2 VM (twice)....both times it...
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 ArticleIntegrity Check Status -> Out of Date
hi guys It's been for a week or so my integrity check status is Out of Data.I try manually running it and it fails. All VDP services are up and running, VDP is at 86% storage utilization. Something...
View ArticleVDP: Host is in a state that cannot perform snapshots
We have an VDP Appliance that is backing up one Guest VM fine but the second Guest VM it continues to error out after 10-30 seconds stating "VDP: Host is in a state that cannot perform snapshots." I...
View ArticleVDP Remove and Install to new host
Hi - I am currently running VDP 5.1 on an old ESXi 5.1 host.I have bought a new ESXi host running 5.1 U1I would like to upgrade to VDP 5.5.1 but would rather install a fresh copy of VDP 5.5.1 on the...
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 ArticleVDP 5.1.11 Error code: 30915
Using VDP to backup Windows 2008 R2 server - upgraded to 5.1.11 to fix the quiesced snapshot issue. Some VMs are now backing up, but random others are getting this message: Error code 30915: An attempt...
View ArticleVirtual Data Protection old task entries
Hi all, We had a problem with a Backup job and we had to cancel the job. But for some reason there are entries in the recent task list which are not removed and stay in the list. Backup/Restore...
View ArticleVDP / vCenter dont register ...
friends, VDP 5.5 installed in the environment 5.0, everything went normal during the process without errors, but when access to the VDP console loads the vcenter not as if he had not registered, what...
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 ArticleVDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
/usr/local/avamarclient folder seems to be full of huge log files. Are these safe to delete? 0 bytes left on / How could I have prevented this?
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How to monitor Failed backups in VDP?
Hi, There has already been some discussions about monitoring Failed backups in VDP, but I couldn't find any appropriate solution. I've checked Alarms Definitions in the vCenter and there is no defined...
View ArticleEssentials / Acceleration kit upgrade
I am hoping someone can confirm something for me as I cannot find it in the main vmware resources. I have 2x essentials kits that I am looking to upgrade to Acceleration kits. If I do this will I be...
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