Stuck on 5.0 because I don't want VDP...5.5 version any better?
Running a 5.0 environment with VDR 2.0.1 and while it is not great, for the most part it works. After reading so many horror stories and limitations with VDP I have been avoiding 5.1 updates but with...
View ArticleUnable to backup VM image with Arcserve 16.5 (patched to release 3)
Just wondering if anyone using Arcserve r16.5 successfully knows how to overcome this error i get when i run a job. I wish to backup a VM through the VM agent etc. Its configured for RAW etc. I have...
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be careful when changing IP address of a VDP appliance
There are two ways of changing the IP address of a VDP appliance: 1- via vdp-configure web app2- via VM console (the blue TUI inteface) The correct one is the 1- option. If you will do it via 2-...
View ArticleWhat are the VM size limitations for using NBD transport mode in VADP ?
We are having issue to perform VADP backup with EMC² Networker 7.6.2 with a VM which in total equals about 2.3 TB of data.The setup is the following:VM (fileserver) running on Windows 2008 R2The backup...
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VDP backup jobs hung at 92%
Most backup jobs are hanging at 92% completion. I see some posts about recovery jobs hanging, but nothing about backups. Logs on this beast are not user frendly so I've got no direction yet. Any...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 Host backup
Hi vSphere community, Curious what people are doing to backup up physical ESXi servers? We have IBM TSM, but I'm not sure it can backup an ESX Host. Strictly looking at ESX host backups at the moment...
View ArticleHTTP download of vmx file
Hello Experts, how to download the vmx file when the datacenter contains the special character (such as +) Tried "https://hostname/folder/vm/vm.vmx?dcPath=DS+1&dsName=datastore1" \AND...
View ArticleSetup VDP fails during vCenter registration
Hi, I want to setup the vSphere Data Protection VM. The Import was successful.But after that I opened the Webbrowser, entered "https://IP-aress:8543/vdp-configure". At the side "vCenter registration" I...
View ArticleVDP Now uses constant bandwidth even during blackout period
The initial issues I've had with VDP forced me to start fresh and make a completely new guest. I deployed an ova for the .5TB VM. I installed it to an NFS datastore. It all installed fine and is...
View ArticleVDP Execution error: E10007:Miscellaneous Error File level recovery
I get an error from VDP when trying to use File Level Recovery from a windows 2008 server error is Execution error: E10007:Miscellaneous Error And in the log...
View ArticleVDP tasks not visible in vSphere Web Client
I configured a backup job in VDP which backups all my vms at night. This job runs fine but I never see any tasks about VDP in the task list in VDP ?The reporting by email works fine but when I run a...
View ArticleVirtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hi, We have VSphere 5.0 and would like to find easy way to backup virtual machines not only file level but in case of some problems we would like to be able to easy restore virtual machine as cost of...
View ArticleNFS Backup for VM'S
I am searhing for backup solution were the vm's are on a virtual nfs stored on many esxi hosts.I am talking about nutanix.http://itbloodpressure.com/2012/06/12/nutanix-drop-it-like-its-hot/ As there is...
View ArticleError 3946 (Disk Open Failed) on VMware Data Recovery jobs
We currently backup VMs accross three different clusters using multiple VMware Data Recovery appliances. Without much warning, we've begun to have problems with one of the hosts. That host was...
View ArticleVeeam Bottleneck=Source
I'm using Veeam Backup & Recovery version 6.5 with VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1. The VM storage is local to the ESXi server in a RAID5 SAS array. Veeam is running on a separate physical machine and...
View ArticleManual backup and restoration of vCenter 5.1
Folks -- Will the new SSO facility change the way we are to restore the vCenter 5.1 server? Are the instructions in KB 1023985 still valid for vCenter 5.1? We have installed vCenter 5.1 on a...
View ArticleHelp with VDP DR test?
Hi all,If you want to get right to the question go to paragraph 4. 1. I'm making good progress with VDP, backed by iscsi volumes on ZFS (zvol.) It's a nice solution running free backup software in VDP...
View ArticleSnapshot hanging
Hi all, i have created one job in VDP (8 vm), it starts as scheduled but the day after this is the situation:- all vm have snapshot attached- no one ended successfully- i have to shutdown vdp, remove...
View ArticleVDP Proxy errors
Has anyone encountered this error before:vdp: Failed to initiate a backup or restore for a virtual machine because no proxy was found to service the virtual machine A new update to vdp came out last...
View ArticleVDP Appliance Network Placement
Currently my VDP appliance is in the Virtual Machine Network. Based on the VDP appliance architechture and the way it performs backups, what is the best/most efficent VLAN to place the appliance in?...
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