Backup only one disk with VCB proxy
Hi,I'm looking for resolution. I want to backup only system disk without any data disks. I've some windows machines, and I want to create snapshot of machine with system disk Is it possible with vcb...
View ArticleVDR error -105
Hello, Has anyone else encounter or know how to resolve a error -105? The exact error message is "Trouble writing to destination volume, error -105 (unexpected end of data)". This is only occuring on...
View ArticlePhantom Snapshots
I'm having a constant problem with backup solutions firing snapshots and sometimes not deleting them. From what I've read, this is a problem for a lot of people. I first noticed this when testing...
View ArticleVDR backup when connected directly to ESXi host (no vCenter)?
I have a single ESXi vShpere host with VDR appliance configured and running. I do not have vCenter. I have the plugin installed in my vSphere client and I am able to configure it. I created a backup...
View Articleusing ghettoVCBg2 over slow nas advisable?
Hi! does anyone has any experience with ghettoVCBg2 with remote NAS targets? The Nas would be at an other geographical location so the effective bandwidth would be about 60-80 Mbps so the backups...
View ArticleVMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection and LAN-less backup
most backup/restore software now support VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection, when i eval them, i find them all use LAN backup, for example, EMC avamar, Vizioncore vRange Pro, VMware data...
View ArticleVMWARE DATA Recovery issue
Hi all Seem to have a bit of an issue with VMWARE DR. When i do a backup job on some of VM's the Snapshot is removed just after it is created?? In the capture i have highlighted one occurrence of the...
View Articlebackup exec 2010, grt, vm machines with independent persistent disks fails
Hi, We're trying to backup some of our VM machines, which contains independent persistent disks along with regular disk, with GRT enabled, but the job continues to fail. Althought the job fails it...
View ArticleUsing Vmware Data Recovery without Vcenter
Hello I am lead to believe that you can use VDR to restore backups without Vcenter server. Since my Vcenter server is Virtualised in a DR scenario I would need to recover this backup using VDR. Can...
View ArticleVDR without vCenter
Is it possible to schedule VDR backups without a connected vCenter? My VDR machine is connected directly to my ESXi server and when I manually start a backup it works, but the backup tasks are not...
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 ArticleNetBackup and vmfs5 datastores > 2TB
Has anyone tested SAN transport mode with NetBackup 7.5 and datastores larger that 2 TB?Ia cannot find any a limitation in either vStorage API or netbackup regarding the size of the datastore.
View ArticleWe can’t make quiesced VMware Snapshots on a VM with Exchange 2010 in a RDM LUN
Hallo, first i must say, that we don't need a backup of the Exchange 2010 enviroment, this will be taken with NetApp SnapManager for Exchange. But the OS VMDK files are on a NFS Datastore and this...
View ArticleDid someone once backup up ESXI 4.0 Or ESXI 5.0 VM's, with Symantec Backup...
HiIf so, what do i need on ESXI Host and/or Vsphere to be installed
View ArticleSize of CIFS destination increasing
We have installed VDR 2.0 about 5 months ago and have about 20 small VMs being backed up.According to the daily status report mail, the used storage is about 340 GB. This value is stable.However,...
View ArticleVDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
Many of my customers have very simple installs with a single SAN. I have a test environment right now where I have 2 esxi hosts and a san. One of the hosts has a local datastore. I am using the local...
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 ArticleBackup vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 with Backup Exec?
Hi, Our department is converting to an virtual environment. We have two servers, both IBM System X 3650 M2, running vSphere hypervisor 5.1 (free license). We also have a contract with Symantec and use...
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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...
View Articlehow to reduce used capacity in data protection?
A customer of ours uses vSphere Data Protection.In the reports, I see that Used Capacity is growing at 1%~2% per day.It has reached 86.31%.We removed old backup some days ago, so it should have been...
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