Convert Physical server with 4TB of storage to VM
VmWare 4.1 with Vcenter I am trying to wrap my head around how to convert a physical server (2008R2) to a VM. The server is a file server with 4 TB of storage on an IBM XIV SAN (Fibre).I...
View ArticleVirtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hi, We have VSphere 5.0 and would like to find easy way to backup virtual machines not only file level but in case of some problems we would like to be able to easy restore virtual machine as cost of...
View ArticleHow to make full guest OS backup?
What is the best way to make a full guest OS backup in the case that the hardware failed? I want to be able to simply re-install the hypervisor and restore the guest OS instead of reinstall everything...
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VDP integrity check fails
One of my VDP appliances won't run integrity checks. When I try to run an integrity check manually I get the following error. My issue is almost identical to the following...
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VDP backup jobs hung at 92%
Most backup jobs are hanging at 92% completion. I see some posts about recovery jobs hanging, but nothing about backups. Logs on this beast are not user frendly so I've got no direction yet. Any...
View ArticleAdvanced login vSphere Data Protection restore client fails
Dear All,I have a problem with the vSphere Data Protection Restore Client. Namely with the advanced option. If I use the basic login option I can get to my backed up VM and I can also restore a single...
View ArticleVDP will not backup Server 2008 R2 - lots of errors
I just downloaded and installed new newest version of VDP on Vsphere 5.1. I had it back up two linux VMs....no probem. I then tried to have it back up a Windows 2008 R2 VM (twice)....both times it...
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VMWare tools quiescence in linux
I was wondering if anyone could tell me a little more about VMWare tools quiescence. I'm talking about how vmware tools will automatically run the scripts;/usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script...
View Articlevmware essentials + Veeam Backup FREE Edition
Hi, Couple of questions and need some advice please. Network PlanHost 1 - 2 x 3Ghz Qurd Core CPUs with 16GB Ram, 2 x 1TB Raid 1VM - Windows 2012 Standard - PDC, Exchange, DNS, DHCPVM - Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleSnapshot hanging
Hi all, i have created one job in VDP (8 vm), it starts as scheduled but the day after this is the situation:- all vm have snapshot attached- no one ended successfully- i have to shutdown vdp, remove...
View Articlecould not backup windows 2008 64 vm using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
View ArticleCreating a disaster recovery plan
Recently got asked to assist with disaster recovery planning for our big upgrade Current setup isVCenter 5.1ESX 4.1.0 build # 9881782 Clusters1 Production Pool14 Hosts60 VMs Goal is to have a complete...
View ArticleIntegrity Check Status -> Out of Date
hi guys It's been for a week or so my integrity check status is Out of Data.I try manually running it and it fails. All VDP services are up and running, VDP is at 86% storage utilization. Something...
View ArticleBackup fails due to quiescing
Hello Since upgrading our environment from 5.0 to 5.1 we are having problems backing up several VM'sWe use the Netvault Backup, with the VMware Plugin, to backup our VM's When a backup job is run...
View ArticleData protection vs. Data recovery
Hi, folks! I can't realize difference between VMware Data Protection and VMware Data Recovery?Can you tell me, please. Sorry for dumb question =)
View ArticleDifferences between VDP and Vmware data recovery
hi, I wonder if vSphere5.1 has changed the name of vmware data recovery to VMware Data Protection(VDP).I found the download link shows Vmware data recovery before vSphere5.0 and Vmware data protection...
View ArticleVDP on thin disk (free space
Hi, I wish tho test VDP before leaving VDR.I have read in the documentation we can use thin disk rather than thick disk to install VDP (I have not enough space disk). But I don"t see this option...
View ArticleBackup VDP appliance with VDP, a good idea ?
Hi, I'm using vsphere 5 with 3 esx V4 I'm testing VDP, as we can't backup on tapde the VDP data, I suggest to backup the VDP appliance (and data) with VDR on a CIFS folder. Then I will be able to...
View ArticleUrgent Recovery Help needed - crashed server, no backups
Here is the situation as it is now: 1. Power outage and upon restart had 1 drive marked bad by the RAID controller (HP).2. Replaced the drive only to have the rebuild stop at Interum Rebuild3....
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VDP...why oh why or what am I doing wrong?
So I'm testing VDP as a backup solution for two VMs. The backups look like they are successful from the recent tasks pane in vCenter, however on mounting the backups in the FLR I see 0 files 0 folders...
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