vSphare Data Protection option not shown in vSphere Web Client
Hi, I have just upgraded vCenter virtual appliance from version 5.0 to 5.1.0.5100-799730. Then I have installed vSphereDataProtection-5.1.56.179. Deployment and setup finished with no errors. When I...
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 ArticleVDR to VDP Migration error
I am trying to perform a migration from Vmware Data Recovery 2.0 to vSphere Data Protection 5.1 2.0TB (Standard). vCenter 5.1u1 in managing a single ESXi4.1 host which is running all of my VMs and both...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection stucks at 92% on Windows 2008 R2 VMs
I'm having issues with backing up Windows 2008 R2 VM using data protection... it stucks at 92 % and lasts like forever, unless I cancel the job. Does anyone have solution to this already? I've seen a...
View ArticleHow do I delete -ctk.vmdk files left behind by VMDR?
I had some issues and need to start over with VMware Disaster Recovery . At the moment I don't have a VMDR appliance but some of my VMs have -ctk.vmdk files. How do I get rid of them? I found this...
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 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 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 ArticleHowto set up BackupExec 2010 to use SAN transport mode with vSphere 4?
Hi I feel like this question should be answered in at least ten knowledgebase articles and other documentations, yet i seem to be unable to find any of them ... I have BackupExec 2010 and vSphere 4.0...
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Symantec GRT does not work with VSphere
Hi All,It’s been one of those weeks.... so forgive me if seem a little tired and cross.We upgraded to vSphere a little over 2 weeks ago, and the upgrade went very well, except in one area. Backups....
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 ArticleTime Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance
Hello, I installed vDP in lab environment to test the product. Everything was working well for few days. Since Saturday, I am facing with this error “the most common cause for this error is that the...
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 ArticlevSphere Data Protection 5.1 - Credentials
After installing the appliance and powering it on, i get to the web-URL where the user root is mandatory. It says in the documentation ( the ones I have found ) that I have set an appliance password...
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,...
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VDP suddenly stopped to schedule backups
Hi,I installed VDP appliance (5.1.1). Registered to the vcenter, setup several backup jobs. The appliance worked for 2 months quite reliably, but suddenly something happened and I cannot start any...
View ArticleHow to properly remove VDP ?
Hi, how can I completly and properly remove VDP appliance ? Destrying the virtual machine doesn't change nothing, vpd still apear in the web client. Thank for your help Theju
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VDP integrity check fails
One of my VDP appliances won't run integrity checks. When I try to run an integrity check manually I get the following error. My issue is almost identical to the following...
View ArticleVDP vs VDR
Hi everybody, i couldnt help myself starting this conversation. i was very suprised for VDR being shutdown.i knew VDR would be updated, but was not expectng so soon, since the latest 2.01 was released...
View ArticleFailed to create NFC download stream.
Hi We use Veeam BR to backup our Vmware environment, recently we have started so see Failed to create NFC download stream. The strange thing isthat Veeam retryies the job and then it goes sucessfull....
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