VDP 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 ArticleLinux VM failing to snapshot
This is a bit of a strange issue and I haven't been able to find any evidence of similar reports. Maybe someone smarter than myself can point me in the right direction. I have been having trouble...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 and Avamar
I haven't seen this question yet, so apologies if it has already been asked. What, if any version of Avamar supports integrated backups with vSphere5.5? The Avamar product page says it supports 5.X,...
View ArticlevDP - Sick of being a beta tester
I am really tired of VMWare releasing half-finished software and expecting end users to be beta testers. First it was SSO (what a disaster that was/is), and now vDP - what is going on with this...
View ArticleVDP fsck failed.
Hello.. My VDP appliance is in a read-only state and will not boot into read-write. I don't understand the command I think its asking for i.e. bash# mount -n -o remount,rw / doesn't work? Is the bash#...
View ArticleNo restore points after backup success
Facing a problem using vDP 5.5.1 Standard.I am sure I have taken a successful backup of my VMs and this backup is also showing me in the restore TAB.But after restart the vDP Server, when I am...
View ArticleRestoring VM's using Netbackup to ESXi host
Hi,In my environment we use Symantec Netbackup 7.1. We backup VM's using our vCenter server to a Netbackup 5000 device & the backups are then copied out to our Disaster Recovery site over a 100MB...
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 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 - VMware Data Protection 5.1 is Free ?
Hello, I have 3 clusters running ESXi 5.0 with VCenter 5.0. I would like to use the VDP 5.1, but for that I need to update the VCenter 5.1. Know tell me that the VDP 5.1 (2TB) is free? Someone...
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 ArticleNeed some ideas for recovery
Hi folks: I'm helping a small business with their VMWARE environment. THey have: * A single ESXi 5.5 HOST (VMWARE ESSENTIALS). It's a DELL PowerEdge R720, 32gb with DAS (about 2TB)* Three VMS. All...
View ArticlevSphere SAN Backup
Hi all! Im new to vSphere 5.5. I m using 2 ESXi Hosts with vSphere Essentials Plus and a HP P2000 SAS SAN. To the SAN i have connected 2 ESXi Hosts and a Backup-Server with a Tape Library.My idea is,...
View ArticleVeeam, snapshots, consolidation etc...
I am helping a buddy out and running into roadblocks for his problem.I'm not a Veeam guy and stay away from the snapshots when I can so with that.... I am seeing a ton of ghost? missing in action...
View ArticlevDP - Advanced Login for Data Protection Restore Client
Anybody else having trouble with this? The basic logon works fine, but when I try to use the advanced logon (and yes, the user does have vCenter admin rights, as specified in the admin guide, page 42...
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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 ArticleVDP Change IP Address
Can you change the IP address of a VDP appliance? I have gone in through the web GUI and changed it this way, however, upon boot it is still trying to access its old IP? I know that in the...
View ArticleOff-site backup with VDP?
So currently we have vSphere Essentials Plus, with 3 ESXi 5.1 host machines, a dedicated vCenter Server and a ReadyNAS 3200. I'm using VMware Data Protection to do backups of each of the VMs each day,...
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 ArticleAll backup jobs are failing - getJobError... ???
Hello,I´m running vSphere Data Protection 5.1. and I have a "little" problem that needs to be solved. All my backup jobs are failing and I can´t find out why. When I look into...
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