Data Recovery Job hangs at 91%
Hello, I have a backup job which hangs at 91% since one day. I tried already to cancel it but it still hangs. What is the best opportunity to cancel this job? thank you in advance Dennis
View ArticlevDR 1.2 I/O error 102
Every time i back up more that 2 VMs at a time i am getting I/O error 102. Im backing up to 490Gb CIFS share, any ideas? My ESXi is still 4U1 but i don't know if that has anything to do with it.
View ArticleWhen is VMWARE going to fix it's LACK of VSS support for Application Backups...
I've been doing allot of research on VSS VMWare and why it's necessary to purchase 3rd party solutions to get VSS "APPLICATION" aware backups. http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/287/47 VMWare...
View ArticleTool to copy / Move / Download vmdk Drives
Hello Friends, can someone please help me find a tool (Free or Payed) which allows me to Copy files from a datastore ( or via ssh) from a VM ESXi ?! I mean a tool which can Handle the Files in...
View ArticleNetapp backup advice
Hi guys. I will be using a FAS Netapp device to to store and backup VMs for a 3 vSphere server cluster with 23 vms running. I want to do a normal backup regeme of 1 weekly block backup and 5 or 6...
View ArticleBackup of VM Guest
people, I have VMWare ESXi 4 installed on HP DL120, and now I have created a VM with FreeBSD on Guest OS, I need to know if this ESXi have support to do a backup of full VM? or if I can take a...
View ArticleAny experience with Backup Exec for ESXi 4?
Hello guys, We have vSphere Essential 4 and we need to use some backup solution. We have Backup Exec 12.5 for Windows and plan to use VCB with Backup Exec. Any one have experience with this...
View Articleadvice on backups
We currently have 10 physical servers and I'm planning out my conversion to virtualize these, I'm planning on setting up 2 Vmware servers to utilize failover and an iscsi san. With the data recovery...
View ArticleVDR 1.2 - Status: Good or Bad?
Good Day Everyone, Well I would like to open up a discussion on VDR 1.2 which was released yesterday? How are the enhancements? I know its quite early (too early to tell now) but i wanted see how...
View Articlewhat OS should I use for VMware Data Recovery 1.2.0.1131
I tried all versions of Linux 32bit OS for the VM setup for this OVF, but I got the same error each time Your CPU does not suppport long mode. Use a 32bit distribution. -- I am running ESX 4 and...
View ArticleQueryChangedDiskAreas problem
I'm trying to use QueryChangedDiskAreas on an ESX 4 server through the Perl SDK. The method I'm using works for some VMs, but for others, I get back a FileFault. Looking at the ESX server logs...
View ArticleMajor CBT/Snapshot bug might wreck your backups
Tom Howarth over at http://planetvm.net/ describes a major bug in ESX4's new changed block tracking feature which is used by vDR and several 3rd party backup solutions. In a nutshell: If you backup...
View ArticleVDR 1.2 and vsphere 4 update 1
Hi, could tell me if VDR 1.2 is compatible with sphere 4 update 1 ? Because I downloaded the VDR 1.2 and I'm not able to connect it on my sphere 4 update 1 while the previous release of VDR (1.1) was...
View ArticleVDR has lost eth0
Hi there, I cannot connect to my Data Recovery Appliance from VCenter. Looked at the console and saw that networking was not configured, then dug deeper to find device eth0 is not available....
View Articleupgrade vdr 1.2 and integrity check errors/warnings
I just finished updating my vCenter, ESX host, and vDR to the lastest release of vSphere 4U2 and vDR 1.2 and now vDR keeps giving me the following error message after each integrity check job and won't...
View ArticleVDR 2.0 - When is it coming?
Good Day to All, Would anyone happen to know when is the approximate release date of the next version VDR, which i assume will be VDR 2.0? I assume with all the issues people are having with VDR...
View ArticleConfigure VDP Appliance Twice, every time?
I don't believe there's anything special about our network or vCenter configuration. We're (still) attempting to roll out VDP, which has been a bit rocky thus far. I just recently downloaded the...
View ArticleBreak VDP on first run by filling it up
Hello - We're really trying to make VDP work, but this is our 3rd attempt and it still seems to lack some key (basic) management functionality. Here's the scenario: Create a backup jobBackup job...
View ArticleDR: Nothing but problems!
I’ll start by saying that I currently have my data recovery backups in the most stable state than any other time in the 3 months that I have hacked at it. But I know its short term. This product is...
View ArticleIS VDR now safe to use?
We moved to vSphere 4 about 6 months ago and we hoped to use VDR. However, at that time there were a lot of threads basically saying that it wasn't ready for production work. I see that it is now on...
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