VDP 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 ArticlevDR stopped backing up
I've been using VDR 2.0.1 for a few months now, with two 500GB NFS shares mapped in following the guides available. This has been working far better than the previous CIFS method I was using, and I've...
View ArticleHow to make full guest OS backup?
What is the best way to make a full guest OS backup in the case that the hardware failed? I want to be able to simply re-install the hypervisor and restore the guest OS instead of reinstall everything...
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 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 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...
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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 ArticleVmware C drive issue
How can I extend my C drive space without restart my VM machine. Please explain me all the possibilities.
View ArticleCron Issues again with GhettoVCB.sh script
Good Day Everyone, Once again i am having cron issues with GhettoVCB.sh script. When i was under VI3, i had to define and insert environment variables into the crontab in order to get it to...
View ArticleCA ArcServe: Unable to map the VM volume to a VM disk image file
Hi, Although this isn't strictly a VMware issue i was wondering if anyone could help me out. My VMware RAW backup using CA Arcserve 12.5 has started to fail with error: AW0551 2010-02-15 12:13:03...
View ArticleVCB failed with cannot open disk file
Hi, My VCB backup frequently failed with error" cannot open disk file..." Here is the error log: Error: Cannot open disk blklst://snapshot-19176[VMFSDataStoreKIMProdEVA1]...
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 ArticleVDR Integrity Checks Slow and Causing Serious Performance Problems
Hi, I'm fairly knew with VMware and VDR. My VDR appliance version is 1.2.0.1131. I'm backing up to a Windows Storage Server (2003, R2) which has two, 500GB partitions which are shared using the...
View Articleerror -1103 ( write protected)
I am using datarecovery and i have some error that i don´t know their cause. I have configure a RDM destination of 2 TB, and i have 900 GBs free, but i have this errors: - Can't save Catalog File,...
View ArticleVCB Error : 'blocklist' warning - Could not renew disk lease. Aborting operation
HI, I use the VCBmounter command (VCB Proxy) to backup VMs, I'm having problems backing up one VM and noticed that it has snapshots, can I backup a VM with existing snapshots? I need to keep 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 ArticleData Recovery 2 : Snapshot Fails -3941
Hi There, Anyone spotted what might cause this? 1/10/2012 6:30:13 PM: Normal backup using IRON11/10/2012 6:30:55 PM: Failed to create snapshot for IRON1, error -3941 ( create snapshot failed)1/10/2012...
View ArticleVMDK file not recognized
I have a vmdk file tfrom an SMVI backup that i am trying to mount on a different server adn wehn i try to add it and point top that datastore location no files show up so i can't restore my files. The...
View ArticleData Recovery error -1103 (write protected) during backup
Hello,I have a problem during backup of a couple of virtual machines.Every time job starts, following error occurs: Can't access destination /SCSI-0:1/, error -1103 (write protected). See attached...
View ArticleVDR "trouble reading files, error -3956 (operation failed)" issue
UPDATE : Mistake corrected with red color Hello, I use VDR 2.0.0 with ESXi 5 HA cluster created with 3 hosts and FC SAN acting as datastore.I've tried to backup VM with two vmdks - first 102GB and...
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