VDP / 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 ArticleVDP 5.5 and Exchange 2013
Hi,Does anybody know if VDP 5.5 really supports Exchange 2013 backup?I've installed agent, configured everything as in manual, but backups are failing.I suppose that there is wrong VSS writer for...
View ArticleVDP incremental backups ?
Dear guys, so far i'm not able to say if with standard VDP version it is possible to have incremental backups, do you know if is it possible ?Cause i need to run full backup and many incremental, or...
View ArticleVMware Data Protection 5.5.6.56 - VDDK:VixDiskLibVim: ESX/ESXi host is not...
Hello, after I managed to upgrade to the latest VDP Version 5.5.6.56 I can no longer run a Backup job. When I trigger the start of any I get the following error: Error 10055: VixDiskLib_Open attempt...
View ArticleProblem with FLR with vmware data protection 5.1
Hallo, We have a problem with our vdp and after two days of reading manuals and kb article we dont know what to do anymore.We have ESX 5.1 and vCenter 5.1 and using also the 2TB Data Protection 5.1.The...
View ArticleVDP Appliance configuration - registering with vCenter fails. Possible to...
Hi, I want to deploy a VDP Appliance and connect it to a remote vCenter, that is, not the one on which the appliance is deployed. Say I have deployed the ova template in vCenter1, but during the...
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 ArticleOpinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
We are looking at both of the products in the subject line for our DR solution. I can read all the marketing material till I'm blue in the face, however I wanted to here from people who are using them...
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 Articletask terminated unexpectedly possibly due to a power failure or system crash
When I try to recovery my portal with VDR, I faced the issue with log as below: Feb 3 18:49:23 localhost datarecovery: Chunkdedupe WARNING: Duplicate value for key...
View ArticleVDP Scheduler won't start
hi guys suddenly my Backup Scheduler won't start (I can see that in status VDP configure tab). It was working fine.I manually start it. No go.I used command: dpnctl stop mcs - dpnctl start mcs. Same...
View ArticleAll VDP Servers Stopped working
We have 8 VDP servers running in our environment and about 10 days ago they all stopped working. We haven't made changes to the firewalls nor have we made changes to vCenter but when I tail this log...
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 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 5.5 - backing up to something else
Ok, im a little confised. I used to use consolidated backup a few years back which was great for the occasions VM backup to SMB and then on to some removable media. I thought id look at VDP but it...
View ArticleAnyone else having these VDR issues?
I love the fact that VMware is providing VDR as part of the vSphere package. It's definitely a step in the right direction, albeit I'm still inclined to think this software hasn't been put through the...
View ArticlevSphere Data Recovery error -3948 ( vcb api exception)
Hi all, I have a problem with the data recovery, I am not able to backup my machines I only get following error: error -3948 ( vcb api exception) Hope anyone has a idea what this error mean and...
View ArticleData Recovery Snapshot Error -3941
Hi All, I am currently experiencing an issue with the backup of one VM using Vmware Data Recovery. The VM in question is a Windows 2003 DC. Initially the error we were experiencing was along the...
View ArticleVDP failed to attach disk error
When deploying VDP for a customer, i encountered the problem with disk attachment by VDP.There is a knowledge base article written, which gives a workaround for the problem. The workaround states that...
View ArticleVmware C drive issue
How can I extend my C drive space without restart my VM machine. Please explain me all the possibilities.
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