NetApp SMVI Datastore snapshots growing huge due to deletions of files on...
Hi Team, we are using NetApp SMVI plugin for taking snapshot on datastores and these days , the snapshots are growing huge due to some heavy deletions on some server. we are not able to find the server...
View ArticleVDP backup fails immediatly "error: a backup/restore/validate activity did...
Hy, the appliance DP is rel 5.5.1.356, in the log I can see "error: a backup/restore/validate activity did not start within the allotted time", logged after 9 seconds, and no backup is made. Is there...
View ArticleDo we require domain admin rights to take backup
Dear Team, In our environment we have symentec netbackup 7.5 to take VM backup by using backup user id. Backup user id having domain admin rights. We are having audit in our environment just want to...
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Restore client - login failed.
Hi.On last week I updated my Vcenter and hosts from 5.1 to 5.5 And tried to use VDP 5.5.6.56 All installed fine and I created one backup job. But when I tried to make file level restoration using...
View ArticleCan't connect to Data Recovery Appliance
I keep running into this one error trying to set up Data Recovery. I have it installed and the appliance imported. I go into the Solutions and Applications section and the VMware Data Recovery screen....
View ArticleUnusual VCB issue - vcbmounter error with the VMX file - not all VMS
We recently reinstalled vCenter after an SQL issue, then reinstalled the VCB Framework and the application that rides on top of it. Most of our VMs backup, however, a handful will absolutely not. I've...
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 ArticlevcbMounter fails with Error: Other Error Entoured, VSS errors in log
Hi, I'm trying to make a backup with vcbMounter of a Windows 2008 VM, I use this command while logged in to ESX server: /usr/sbin/vcbMounter -h localhost -u root -p password -a...
View ArticleUsing Snapshots on Domain Controllers safe or not - depends on situation??
A lot has been said about problems with using snapshots with Domain Controllers and most of what has been said simply translates to "DO NOT DO IT!"However, based on how things work and why the problems...
View ArticleEnsuring consistent replication with ESX and Netapp
I hope I can explain my situation correctly. We are using a Netapp with our ESX(nfs datastore) and have a 2nd netapp doing replication via snapshots I believe(someone else managing the netapp). We...
View ArticleDisk D becomes readonly after snapshot
Hi gurus, we currently encounter problems with one of our Windows 2008 64bit machines (not R2!).The server is backuped with VDR 1.2.0.1131. At the beginning the snapshot is taken - everthings fine so...
View Articledatadomain and vdr
anyone using vdr backing up to a datadoamin cifs share? what is the performance like?
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 - 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 Articlewhy can't I login into the vsphere data protection restore client?
when I try to login everytime,I got the error:"can not locate the VM".First,I thought my login acount was not correct,but I tried every kinds of acounts,such as...
View Articlehow to reduce used capacity in data protection?
A customer of ours uses vSphere Data Protection.In the reports, I see that Used Capacity is growing at 1%~2% per day.It has reached 86.31%.We removed old backup some days ago, so it should have been...
View ArticleVDP and SRM - Do they Conflict?
Dear All, I'm trialling VDP in my Dev environment and it seems to be a really good alternative to our existing system (a very elderly copy of vRanger). We also use SRM in our Production environment...
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 ArticleBackup best practices in a SAN environment
Hello, Can somone please tell me the best way to do backups using VEEAM in a SAN environment with 3 hosts and 2 arrays with the VMWare Standard Acceleration Kit? I'd prefer not to purchase another...
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VDP: Failed to attach disk
Hi everyone, I've tried everything I could for the past 2 days and I am still geting this... I have reinstalled it 4 times so far and still same thing!I CAN ping from within VDP shell the esxi hosts,...
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