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Backup and Restore the Host
Hello.Beginner VMware Admin here.I was asked how I'm going to backup the 3 Host servers in case of a failure.Done a lot of reading but I'm not sure of the correct plan to have.I'm a Windows guy so be...
View ArticleVDR Integrity Checks Slow and Causing Serious Performance Problems
Hi, I'm fairly knew with VMware and VDR. My VDR appliance version is 1.2.0.1131. I'm backing up to a Windows Storage Server (2003, R2) which has two, 500GB partitions which are shared using the...
View ArticleVDR 1.2 Reliability
Just curious if VDR 1.2 is improved over previous versions. I tried using all the previous versions and couldn't get any of them to work consistently. They would backup for a few days, then suddenly...
View ArticleERROR 3941 for one VM
Hi All, this is my first time ever here, so thank you all in advance. ISSUE: i recently started using VDR, it works with all my VMs "Except" the Server i need to back up,i tried local snapshot and VDR...
View ArticleBackup best practices in a SAN environment
Hello, Can somone please tell me the best way to do backups using VEEAM in a SAN environment with 3 hosts and 2 arrays with the VMWare Standard Acceleration Kit? I'd prefer not to purchase another...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Unresponsive on Snapshot Removal (30 seconds+) when CBT enabled
Hi, I have a couple virtual machines on a NFS datastore running on a NetApp Filer. Everything works well normally. The storage is not overloaded. On my regular virtual machines, never backed up using...
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Restoring vCenter with vDR to ESXi
Ok, I've looked and looked, and I know I can't be the first to try this. Here goes. I backed up all my VM's on the single ESXi host I have running to a NAS device with vDR. I've moved my ESXi (flash...
View ArticleCannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation...
Then i try to backup VM using VDR the following error occured: Create virtual machine snapshotCannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for...
View ArticleVM Restore fails when the particular ESX(i) Server is managed by vCenter
Hi, I have tried VM restore into an ESX(i) Server using vStorage API. But, it fails with "Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server(vCenter Server) that is managing it" error....
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 ArticleArcserv 15 - VMware Vsphere 4.1 : How to make this work ?
Hello guys, I'm trying to make arcserv V15 backuping my ESX 4.1 hosts. What I would like is to make backup of VM, not at the operating system level. My environnement is quite simple : 3 Hosts ESX 4.1...
View Articlewhy VDP 5.1 does not support special characters?
In my datacenter, some vms' name have special characters, so I can't backup them with VDP 5.1. VMware KB: Backup job fails for all virtual machines after vSphere Data Protection 5.1 deployment It is...
View ArticleChange DNS-Name of Data Recovery Appliance
I like a clear naming of all the systems I manage.Therefore I'd like to know, if it is supported to rename "localhost.localdomain". If yes, how? ThanksAndré
View Article10h to check the integrity data with VDR
Hi, is there any way to speed up the integrity check ? Right now, mine is pending 10h while ESX & storage are communicating with Gb ethernet.The storage is around 230 GB of datas The pb is that...
View ArticleFLR and VDR 1.2 on SLES
The Case of the Missing Mount Point I asked tis question a few weeks ago, but did not get a reaponse, so I thought maybe someone has now seen the same thing. After I start the FLR script, I...
View ArticleSharing SAN disk issue
I am trying to share a SAN disk between ESX 4.0 server and a pysical 2008 server. The windows 2008 server has netbackup onit and netbackup needs to be able to see the same LUNs as the vmware esx so it...
View ArticleVDR 1.2 shows huge Non-dedublicated Size
Hi, today VMware Data Recovery crashed while it was doing integrity check. As a result, backup destination details now show Non-dedublicated Size: 126 TB. I'm pretty sure that this isn't right,...
View ArticleVCB 1.5u2 Restore with vSphere 4.1
We have recently migrated our ESX environment to vSphere 4.1, vCenter 4.1 and are using VCB1.5u2 for primary backup purposes.Beyond the quiesce issue with vss everything seems fine.Recently we had need...
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Can't connect to VDR appliance
Hello together I hope you guys can help us. At the moment we use the latest VDR release 1.2.0.1131 and vSphere Client 4.0.0 with VDR plugin 1.2.0.37 which is enabled. Yesterday we had no problems to...
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Help with Open filer and Vmware Data Recovery
Hi, i am stuck!!please help:Here is the issue: i have installed open filer and have succesfully linked between the Vsphere and openfiler and created 3 IScsi disks.I am being able to browse in data...
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