File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore
Hi, Getting the following error message on running backups through vStorage API (or VCB): File <unspecified filename> is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore...
View ArticleVMWare data recovery error when backing up Server 2003
Hello all, I am using VDR to backup my VM's and it works for most of the systems except on Windows 2003 SP2 machine that we recently created with a Physical to Virtual conversion. The backup fails...
View ArticleE10007 Miscellaneous Error Backing Up VM
I have recently setup a small new virtual environment. One of the key features is a vDP backup appliance running on a host at physically separate location, with backups being performed over the...
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Acronis vmprotect
Hey all, just want to warn everyone that is considering to use Acronis vmprotect in their environment. Initially we used veeam and everything was fine. After we growth we must extend our licenses and...
View ArticleVMware Data Recovery vs Veeam?
I am in a new job, and we are using Veeam as our backup solution. Previously we were using Veritas to backup our VM's at the OS level, and this is the way in which I'm using to doing backups. We are...
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 ArticleVSS Provider Problem with Symantec Backup Exec
Hi, we have vSphere 5. Our vCenter is a virtual machine too. For Backup we use Symantec Backup Exec 2012. In the log files of Backup Exec we get an error message. Translated to english it tells:While...
View ArticleIntegrity Check Error
Hi,I am having some issues with my VDR (version 1.1)In the beggining I tried to run the Integrity Check and got this error: Integrity check failed for the restore point created on (date) (time) for...
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 ArticleError backing up vCenter through VDP
I am getting an error when trying to backup my vCenter server through VDP: VDP: Backup job (vCenter VMs) failed to backup client V Center 2 64. Execution error: E10056:Restore failed due to existing...
View ArticleVDP not usable after reboot
Hi to everyoneI need some help to regain access to my VDP appliance.Environment:vCenter server 5.1 listening to port 444ESXi hosts 5.0 build 623860VDP appliance 5.1.1 After first installation the...
View ArticleDell killed vRanger. What are the low budget backup solutions?
Hi All,It seems that VMWare and many of the surrounding programs are geared towards multi-million dollar datacenters, where I am sure they are doing wonderful things. However, for the last 5 years we...
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 Backup job failed E10057
HiI create a new backup job. after 20-30 seconds the start of the backup i see error "VDP: Backup job failed (xxx) to backup client (name). Execution error E10057:A backup/restore/validate activity...
View ArticleError Messages in VDP
I have crate Backup Job in vSphere Data Protection 1 VM ... Server 2008 R2 ... 1 thin virtual Disk 40GB ... the Backup Job fails with Error message -> E10055:failed to attach disk Anybody same...
View Articleanother task is already in progress
We have using CA Arcserve and VCB to perform the backup of VM's Recently i've noticed that some VM's are no longer reporting performance data in the "Performance" Tab of VCenter. Furthering digging,...
View ArticleCan not register VDP to vcenter
Hallo, i try to register the vdp to vcenter 5.1. I use the embedde SSO. The settings seems to be OK. But after the connection test, i get an error message box without text. If i change the settings to...
View ArticleBackup Cannot be performed while VDP Server is in Admin state
After a few days of good VDP working i noticed in the event viewer several errors like this:VDP: Appliance has changed from Full Access to Read Only. Backup functionality is no longer...
View ArticleHow to backup ESXi 5.1 VMs
Hello, I'm using esxi 5.1 free edition, have installed 4 VMs on it (servers 2008 R2) and using VMware vSphere Client to manage them. I'm new to esxi environment and don't know how backups works on it....
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Orphaned snapshot delta files left behind after backup
First thing first, here is the background information. 1. vSphere has been upgraded from 4.1 to 5.0 update 2 and the problem started. We use Symantec Netbackup 7.5 with NBD transport mode.2. We have...
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