Error 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 ArticleIntegrity Check Error
Hi,I am having some issues with my VDR (version 1.1)In the beggining I tried to run the Integrity Check and got this error: Integrity check failed for the restore point created on (date) (time) for...
View ArticleVeeam v6 vs Quest vRanger?
Hey Guys, What do you guys think, which is a better product for replication. I am specifically looking at replication and over all stability and performance and feature pack - which one is better? What...
View ArticleVMware Data Recovery vs Veeam?
I am in a new job, and we are using Veeam as our backup solution. Previously we were using Veritas to backup our VM's at the OS level, and this is the way in which I'm using to doing backups. We are...
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Acronis vmprotect
Hey all, just want to warn everyone that is considering to use Acronis vmprotect in their environment. Initially we used veeam and everything was fine. After we growth we must extend our licenses and...
View ArticleVDP Backup job failed E10057
HiI create a new backup job. after 20-30 seconds the start of the backup i see error "VDP: Backup job failed (xxx) to backup client (name). Execution error E10057:A backup/restore/validate activity...
View ArticleBackup Cannot be performed while VDP Server is in Admin state
After a few days of good VDP working i noticed in the event viewer several errors like this:VDP: Appliance has changed from Full Access to Read Only. Backup functionality is no longer...
View ArticleSetup VDP fails during vCenter registration
Hi, I want to setup the vSphere Data Protection VM. The Import was successful.But after that I opened the Webbrowser, entered "https://IP-aress:8543/vdp-configure". At the side "vCenter registration" I...
View ArticleProblem with Windows server 2012 Failover Clustering setup
Hi, I have a strange issue regarding setup of MS cluster on server 2012, after i follow to the letter the instruction how to setup in the box cluster i get error on cluster validation. I have vcenter...
View ArticleDell killed vRanger. What are the low budget backup solutions?
Hi All,It seems that VMWare and many of the surrounding programs are geared towards multi-million dollar datacenters, where I am sure they are doing wonderful things. However, for the last 5 years we...
View ArticlevDP - Sick of being a beta tester
I am really tired of VMWare releasing half-finished software and expecting end users to be beta testers. First it was SSO (what a disaster that was/is), and now vDP - what is going on with this...
View ArticleError Messages in VDP
I have crate Backup Job in vSphere Data Protection 1 VM ... Server 2008 R2 ... 1 thin virtual Disk 40GB ... the Backup Job fails with Error message -> E10055:failed to attach disk Anybody same...
View Articleanother task is already in progress
We have using CA Arcserve and VCB to perform the backup of VM's Recently i've noticed that some VM's are no longer reporting performance data in the "Performance" Tab of VCenter. Furthering digging,...
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 ArticleCan not register VDP to vcenter
Hallo, i try to register the vdp to vcenter 5.1. I use the embedde SSO. The settings seems to be OK. But after the connection test, i get an error message box without text. If i change the settings to...
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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...
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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 backup ESXi 5.1 VMs
Hello, I'm using esxi 5.1 free edition, have installed 4 VMs on it (servers 2008 R2) and using VMware vSphere Client to manage them. I'm new to esxi environment and don't know how backups works on it....
View ArticleVDP not loading in web client
Just upgraded vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 and installed VDP along with it. The plug-in shows in the web client and I've configured VDP accordingly. All services (except for maintenance) are running on the VDP...
View ArticleBackup Solutions ESXi 5 Free
I'll say sorry up front if this topic has been talked about to death but i need/want to ask for any best practices and include my current setup I will preface to say i work in a public library and we...
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