Storage device is 90% full
HI I moved my VDP from 1 VC to another, unregistered and re registered, had to rebuild my VC after I got some support from VMWare GRRR... Any way I am backing up the same machines and I was sitting at...
View Articlere-attach VDP to new vCenter server
Hi all, I needed to wipe my vCenter server and start from scratch due to issues of naming conventions. Historic data loss was not going to be an issue. I cleanly powered down vDP and removed vCenter...
View ArticleVDR related crashes
HI, We have a virtualized server environment running off 3 physical machine and uses a NAS for shared storage. Each machine has 2-3 VMs running on them, including CentOS and Windows Server 2008 R2....
View ArticleVDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
/usr/local/avamarclient folder seems to be full of huge log files. Are these safe to delete? 0 bytes left on / How could I have prevented this?
View ArticleVDP - File Level Restore - UAC Issue
Hi @all! I've installed VDP-Appliance as documented and have successful made backups for all VM's in my Cluster (3 ESXi-Hosts).Today I tried to use the feature "file level recovery" for some...
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 ArticleHow to reduce downtime
Hi guys, my customer asks me for providing a solution to allow him to apply planned maintenance to the Sql Server and Application server with minor impact on production (reducing downtime).It means...
View ArticleVCB and Vsphere 5
Is VCB still supported under Vpshere 5? I can't find any documentations mentionning this.
View ArticleProblem with Acronis vmProtect 6 (and 7 beta)
I'm having a problem with this Acronis vmProtect product and Acronis support is sending me this way for answers. Some machines will backup one night and then maybe another few nights those machines...
View ArticleVADP using NBD: what network port on ESX server is used for data transfer?
I've gone through a bunch of VMware documentation (including the API guide) and can't seem to find this documented anywhere. I have an environment where we will be bringing 10GbE ports online on a...
View Articletask terminated unexpectedly possibly due to a power failure or system crash
When I try to recovery my portal with VDR, I faced the issue with log as below: Feb 3 18:49:23 localhost datarecovery: Chunkdedupe WARNING: Duplicate value for key...
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VDP Fails with Error E10052 - Seems VMs freeze while VDP backs up.
Hello Everyone, So, I'm working with VDP and trying to backup 7 vms. I don't have this issue at any other client of ours. I have a client that the VDP runs at the default time set and fails to...
View ArticleVDR error, all restore points gone!
this morning i walked into the following errors: Integrety checkk completed with one error. destination will be locked until restore point with error is deleted. when i went to the restore window it...
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VMware Data Recovery keeps asking for vCenter credentials
Recently I deployed the VDR VM and configured the network settings. If I am trying to connect it is asking for the vCenter credentials like : As you can see I cannot...
View ArticleUsing VEEAM to replicate to external hard drive
I'm setting up a new ESXi 4.1 environment. I have 3 hosts connected to a Equalogic SAN. I also have 1 Standalone ESXi 4.1 host in an offsite location that I only plan to turn on in a DR scenario at...
View ArticleRestoring VMs from NetApp snapshots
vSphere 5NetApp FAS2040 I tried restoring a VM using NetApp SMVI, the VM was 40GB thin provisioned.I right clicked the VM > NetApp > Backup and Recovery > Restore > Picked the Backup >...
View ArticlePre-Freeze and Post-Thaw script file types?
in the documentation it mentions that for windows, VMware will execute all of the scripts in c:\Program Files\VMware\VMwareTools\backupScipts.dor /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script I assume...
View ArticleUsing Arcserve R16 to backup VMs. Need help. Thanks.
Dear Friends, I 've nearly finished migrating my physical servers to an esxi5 environment consist of 3 x exsi hosts, 2 x10 gb switches and 1 EQL IP SAN. I've also purchased a Dell R620 backup server...
View ArticleOpinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
We are looking at both of the products in the subject line for our DR solution. I can read all the marketing material till I'm blue in the face, however I wanted to here from people who are using them...
View ArticleVMware Data Recover Upgrade - Question
We are currently running vCenter 4.1 and preparing to upgrade to vCenter 5.1. We have a version 1.2 VDR appliance with a backup store (RDM). I'm looking through the instructions specified here for...
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