VDP 0,5TB integrity check fails
I'm running Vcenter 5.1 with 4 x ESXi 5.0.0 76811 hosts. I've implemented two VDP appliances 1 x 0,5TB and 1 x 1TB . Integrity check fails with 0,5TB VDP backup appliance. Everything is okay with the...
View ArticleVDP 5.1.11 Error code: 30915
Using VDP to backup Windows 2008 R2 server - upgraded to 5.1.11 to fix the quiesced snapshot issue. Some VMs are now backing up, but random others are getting this message: Error code 30915: An attempt...
View ArticleRecover VHD File Data
Hi, I am using Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. Due to some logical cause, all my VHD data has become inaccessible and I have lost all my data of VHD file. So, i have a query that is there any tool...
View ArticleVDPA 5.5.6.56 does not consolidate snapshots
Dear friends,I had the same problem with VDPA 5.5.5.180 and I am still having it after the upgrade to 5.5.6.56.After a successful backup of a VM, the snapshot created for the backup job is not...
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...
View ArticleInstall VDP 5.5 on vCenter 5.1 ?
Friends,I need to install the vSphere Data Protection in a production environment, but vSphere and vCenter are installed in version 5.1 and want to install VDP 5.5, I've tried doing some laboratories...
View ArticleUsing Avamar backup for vphsere 5.1, need to give proper roles for backup...
Can anyone point me to in the right direction for setting up a role for backup operators in vphsere 5.1. We are using avamar as our backup product. Right now the operators need vmware admins to do...
View ArticleWay to backup linux vm single directory
Hello Is there a way to backup just a single directory like /var/www in Linux virtual machine on licensed ESXi 4.1 . I was trying to find answer on google but without any effect Best regardsWojtek
View ArticleVDR: Slow Integrity check
I have a VDR store that has a size of 180 GB. Integrity check started the first time this morning at 01:00 am. Now it is almost 6:00pm and it is still running with a progress of 20%...
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 ArticlequeryChangedDiskAreas problem
Hi, I am trying to query the changed blocks of a disk as described in the "designing Backup solutions for for VMware vSphere". For whatever deviceKey I try I get an "invalid argument" error indicating...
View ArticleVDR error -105
Hello, Has anyone else encounter or know how to resolve a error -105? The exact error message is "Trouble writing to destination volume, error -105 (unexpected end of data)". This is only occuring on...
View ArticleVDR 2.0 cifs errors
Hi. I have upgraded from VDR 1.2 to 2.0 and have problems with dedupe store on cifs share on Windows 7. Previous VDR had no problem with backup on cifs share, but new version throws me this error in...
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...
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 - Internal Error #2130
I upgraded 3 servers on the weekend to 5.1. All working fine. Installed VDP, and setup some backups. It ran a lot of backups all at once of course and was successful. I return Monday to work to try...
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 ArticleVMWare x Backup Exec
Hi everybody!I talked with Symantec Support because I'm received the follow error im my job backup (Backup Exec 2012):An attempt to take a snapshot of a virtual machine failed because it was unable to...
View ArticleSlow restore speed of virtual machine
Hello! I have a question about slow restore speed of virtual machine. Backup speed of 8 VM (parallel) is about 900...950 GBytes per hour Restore speed of one VM on VMFS through SAN is only 75...80...
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...
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