VDR Issue with large VMs
Hey all, I currently have a few webservers that occupy anywhere between 250-500GB of space that need are being backed up with VDR on a nightly basis. The problem however is that after the first backup...
View Articlerecover corrupted/lost -flat.vmdk
Hi all, Can we recover this lost (-flat.vmdk)?In the datastore, I cannot do "ls" to the -flat.vmdk..it's says: "ls: ./[vm]-flat.vmdk: No such file or directory" Unfortunately, those have not been...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot for vm error -3960
Hi,I am using VDR and getting this error for one of VMs. Failed to create snapshot for vmname, error -3960 ( cannot quiesce virtual machine)Taking the sanpshot manually with quiesce enabled works just...
View Articlebackup store 500GB performance limit
When I create a store for data recovery to dump my backups, I got a warning message saying my store should be 500GB max or I will get performance issues. How do you work around that if you have an...
View ArticleVMware Data Recovery backup destination types
Im testing out VMware Data Recovery and read that it can backup to different destinations. Here is a sentence from the admin guide.You can store backups on network shares, in VMDKs, or on RDMs. The...
View ArticleLocal disk? On Host being backed-up, Host hosting VDR, or any datastore...
In January I will be installing 3 proliants DL380G7 running ESXi 4.1 Essential Plus. We do not have a SAN. We would like to use data recovery to backup Host#1 onto Host#2 (which would run VDR and...
View ArticleCan't backup/take snapshot vCenter thinks vmware tools not running.
I have a Server 2008 R2 x64 server that almost always fails the backups. We are using Acronis Advanced Server Virtual Edition v10. I don't think that matters, because I can't even take a snapshot...
View ArticleCan VDR 1.2 back up vApps??
We have two VMs which are vApps, therefore our ESX backup vendor does not support them... Can VDR 1.2 back them up?? Does VDR 1.2 choke on "extended characters"?? Both are small VMs so I don't...
View Articleneed help regarding DR site implementation?
Dear All, i have two sites One is primary and the second one is DR. i take the backup of primary site using vmware data recovery. but i read out the article that data recovery just take the backup of...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot for VMx, error -3941 ( create snapshot failed)
hi guys Right now I have two destinations both are virtual disk:250GB from SAN added as a Hard Disk to the vDR350GB from NFS(external server with NFS enabled) added as a Hard Disk to the vDR I tested...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot for VM, error -3941
Hello I was hoping some one could explain this error...Failed to create snapshot for [VM], error -3941 I have googled this for a week and was unable to discover any info regarding this message I am...
View ArticleHigh Write Latency
Hi, I have two ESXi 4.1 U1 and a Huawei S2600 storage and the physical write and device command lantency is high (see attached files) The storage is connected directly to the servers through iSCSI with...
View ArticleVDR vs 3rd party product that uses Storage API
My goal is to back up the vmdk files. I understand this can be done with VDR and also with my Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2. Apparently BU Exec uses the API to access and backup the vmdk files. I have...
View ArticleVDR - Adding NFS Network Share
Hi, I've set up an NFS share on a Dell NAS running Windows Storage Server 2008 and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) to provide user name mapping from UNIX to Windows. I can add...
View ArticleVMware VDR or VEEAM backup to choose for Backups & Restores of VM
Hi Can anyone suggest the best solutions to choose - VDR or Veeam Backup. I know that there are limitations with VDR as it is suitable for small infrastructure environment.. My Infrstructure is 1 VC, 4...
View ArticleYellow exclamation triangle in VDR
Can anyone tell me what a Yellow exclamation triangle in VDR means? VDR has worked well so far but suddemlyI have this Yellow exclamation triangle on the icon of the virtual servers im backing up....
View ArticleTransfer rate between ESXi host using "Veem backup and FastSCP"
Dear all,I have two ESXi host connected with different 1G-Eth ports on an HP switch now I'm trying to transfer data between the two hosts using "Veem backup and FastSCP" tool a transfer rate of 1MB/s...
View Articleproblem with vcb backup
Hello, I have a new virtual domain controller server W2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise, and I'm doing backup of it using the following script: "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup...
View ArticleVDR instant recovery?
Hi Guys, I'm running a 3 physical server (SBS) vmware cluster, my main storage is a 2TB iscsi SAN (with about 1.5tb filled). Our second storage is also a iscsi storage, 6TB but slower (low-end storage,...
View ArticleHow to make vDR 'redundant'??
We're using vDR 1.2.1 (whatever is the newest version) to back up several important small VMs. vDR backs them up to a network share with its own IP address. vDR has been running several weeks now, so...
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