Data protector Backup is failing for VM
Hi, Data protector Backup is failing for VM with an error : "Virtual Machine Cannot be backed up because snapshot creation failed". Can anyone please help me to fix this issue? Attaching the screenshot...
View ArticleRemove VDP?
How do I completely remove VDP from my environment? I've found some instructions on-line but every VM still has com.vmware.vdr.is-protected and com.vmware.vdr.protected-by in their notes section.
View ArticleUtilizing vSphere Data Protection Appliance API
Im looking into the ability to utilize the vSphere Data Protector API to give customers the option of performing backups from their management area within vcloud. We are looking to deploy a newly...
View ArticleVMWare Essentials Kit Backup possibilities?
Hello, We have a very small system with VMware Essentials. 1 host (no vcenter installed)1 virtual server2 virtual pc's How can we do cost effective backups in case of disaster?Should we use Acronis?...
View Articlepre-freeze and post-thaw scripts help
Hi I've got an environment where I want to use Veeam as the backup tool but I'm having issues with a non VSS aware application and pre-freeze scripts.Essentially, I need to freeze an old Oracle...
View ArticleVDP and SRM - Do they Conflict?
Dear All, I'm trialling VDP in my Dev environment and it seems to be a really good alternative to our existing system (a very elderly copy of vRanger). We also use SRM in our Production environment...
View ArticleVDR to VDP Migration error
I am trying to perform a migration from Vmware Data Recovery 2.0 to vSphere Data Protection 5.1 2.0TB (Standard). vCenter 5.1u1 in managing a single ESXi4.1 host which is running all of my VMs and both...
View Article"Cannot complete operation due to concurrent modification by another...
I've just updated VDP to 5.1.10.32 following Administration Guide. I removed snapshot after update but I'm not able to set disks to "Independent - Persistent“ mode again. I've got "File...
View ArticleVDP Error at vCenter Registration
Hi,I am unable to register VDP to vCenter, i am getting the following error "Unable to find this VDP in the vCenter inventory." or sometimes i am getting "The connection test did not complete...
View ArticleVDP with Linked Clone
Hello, i'm trying to use VDP in order to backup a VM with a snapshot that acts as Linked Clone snapshot (via the PowerCLI command:"New-VM-LinkedClone"). i'm getting the following error while trying...
View ArticleIs it possible to restore vmware guest OS and database from clonebackup ?
We use vsphere4.1 and guest OS (WIndows2008R2) and database(SQL server 2008R2 which is installed in guest windows2008R2 OS). If we take cloneback up guest OS partition and data partition which include...
View ArticleVDR to VDP Migration and vCenter 5.0
hi guys I have vCenter 5.0 and VDR 2.0 and I want to install VDP. Since VDP needs vCenter 5.1 I want to install a new vCenter Appliance 5.1 and delete the 5.0 So I have some doubts about this migration...
View ArticlevADP Features and Backup Vendors Integration - Overview
Dear community, I am completing a technical deep dive of VMware vADP features and their integration in Symantec NetBackup v7.5.x.I am interested to see what the other backup vendors are doing in this...
View ArticleAvamar Backup with VMware
Hi,We had # of ESXi host and Avamar backup application integrated. We are running very fine.But there is one issue we are facing it with Avamar. There are delta files which are leftover in the...
View ArticleMove a esxi 4.1 install from HDD to SD card
Hello, We have 2 Dell R815 servers each with 2 drives in RAID 1 where esxi 4.1 free is installed. The servers have SD card slots but we did not use them when bought. I am planning to populate the slots...
View ArticleBuffalo Linkstaion for Backup
Hi Guys, one Question more.I need a NAS to Backup the VM's.Which Model of Buffalo Linkstation with RAID 1 or 5 is the right one, to use as Backup in a VMWare/vSphere 5 Environment ?I think the...
View ArticleSlow restore speed of virtual machine
Hello! I have a question about slow restore speed of virtual machine. Backup speed of 8 VM (parallel) is about 900...950 GBytes per hour Restore speed of one VM on VMFS through SAN is only 75...80...
View ArticleStorage device is 90% full
HI I moved my VDP from 1 VC to another, unregistered and re registered, had to rebuild my VC after I got some support from VMWare GRRR... Any way I am backing up the same machines and I was sitting at...
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pay-as-you-go or pay-per-use licensing model for a backup solution?
Hi, We were quite happy with (tuned) VDR, which is unfortunately not supported any more in vSphere 5.1, and we are literally scared to move to VDP since there are so many open issues (we wouldn't like...
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...
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