Data Protection 5.1 will not start up - DNS error
We are small users with only 3 hosts. 2 hosts are running ESXi 4.1, and I am in the process of installing a new third host. We currently rely on Data Recovery and so the new, allegedly more robust,...
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VDP 5.5 failed to retrieve the storage information on the appliance
hi guys All of a sudden VDP stopped working, when I try to access VDP from Web Client I get a popup saying:"The VDP Appliance is not responding. Please try your request again.Would you like to be...
View ArticleVDP CPU Usage
Hi All,I recently deployed a VDP appliance to replace VDR in our 5.1 enviroment, backing up through a FC EMC CX3-40f SATA array. As soon as I setup the appliance (which was a nightmare due to the DNS...
View ArticleVDR 1.1 How to Remove Damaged Restore Points
I need to remove some damaged restore points, but what do i need to do after i mark them for delete, i.e. how do i delete them or run a manual reclaim job? also. what is the ramification to restore...
View ArticleCreating a snapshot with quiesce guest succeedes, but triggers vss-error in...
Hi I'm trying to backup my virtual DC, running Server 2008 R2. The Computer has all windows updates and Vmware Tools installed. When creating a snapshot (quiesce guest file system is active, but...
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 ArticleThe VMDK filename is not valid or present. Verify that the proxy was...
Hallo all, I have successfuly performed a backups of 20+ VMs using VDP. The VM's are installed in a SAN. When I try to perform a restore of individual files (flr method), I get the message: "The VMDK...
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VM CPU ready time and ESX host CPU ready time
Hi Team, I've been searching the net for info. on CPU ready time on ESX host, I'm already aware for VM's the recommended is 5% CPU ready time anything higher than that the VM would is performing quite...
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 ArticleSTOP auto refresh in tasks screen
I've recently installed my first VDP appliance (5.5.6) on vCenter 5.5U1 and set up a backup job for about 35 virtual servers. When I run the job several tasks are created and viewable under the Tasks...
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 ArticleVDR - Trouble writing to destination volume, error -1020 (sharing violation)
Using VMware Data Recovery 1.1, backing up to CIFS share and getting this error 1/18/2010 8:55:31 AM: Performing incremental back up of disk "[Lun] VM/VM-DB1-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"1/18/2010...
View ArticleVDR - Reclaiming space on the destination
We haev a1 TB disk attached to one of our VDR appliances, the free space has now reached 0. I have deleted a number of restore points by marking them for deletion and then running integrity check yet...
View Articlecustom quiesce scripts does not work in linux
I have a custom quiesce script in my linux virtual machine.The scripts are /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script and /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script. The pre-freeze-script quiesces the DB and touches a file ( say...
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 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 ArticleVMWare and Tape Libraries
I am trying to do a direct passthrough of a dell pv124t tape library to a W2K8r2 vm. The vm sees the SAS card that the library is attached to with no issues, but the library is not showing up in...
View Articlecould not backup windows 2008 64 vm using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
View ArticleMove a esxi 4.1 install from HDD to SD card
Hello, We have 2 Dell R815 servers each with 2 drives in RAID 1 where esxi 4.1 free is installed. The servers have SD card slots but we did not use them when bought. I am planning to populate the slots...
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