VDR: Operation not allowed on non-connected sockets
vCenter lost the connection to the VDR VM after vMotion. On reconnect i get the error: Could not connect to 10.133.1.159 (The operation is not allowed on non-connected sockets.)Please make sure that...
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Cannot svmotion machine... Linked clone created by VMware Data Recovery?
We've started to use the VMDR appliance to do backup of some virtual machine to test how it work and now it seems that we cannot move some of the VM we've backed up with VMDR appliance. The behavious...
View ArticleVMware Data Recovery step-by-step for newbie's
Firstly I have to say that this post was born due to my frustration with VMware Data Recovery. I was lucky or unlucky enough to be target by few different bugs in all releases, up to 1.0.2. VDR...
View ArticleSnapshots cannot be created or deleted
I'm trying to create a snapshot in about 4 different servers but am getting the error "Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder <unspecified filename> already exists."...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 - Automount Disable does not work
I am configuring Windows 2008 R2 64bit for BackupExec 2010 but when I run Diskpart Automount disable and automount scrub. After I rebooted the server 2008 still asked me do I want to initilize the...
View ArticleData Recovery Big Problem
Hi all. I have a very big problem with Data Recovery. When I run a backup there are no problems creating snapshot (the task is marked as Completed), but the status of the Data Recovery task is...
View Articlesetting up an iSCSI tape library with BackupExec
Hi,I am (still) setting up my first VMware site and i am up to the point of getting backups going.A bit of background: I have 3 physical servers that connect to an iSCSI SAN. All VMs are stored on...
View ArticleProblem with GhettoVCB
Hi all, I need some help about error during backup with ghettoVCB. when I launch backup with ghettoVCB with this command line : "ssh $1 "sh /root/ghettoVCB.sh -g /root/ghettoVCB.conf -a -e...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot for vm error -3960
Hi,I am using VDR and getting this error for one of VMs. Failed to create snapshot for vmname, error -3960 ( cannot quiesce virtual machine)Taking the sanpshot manually with quiesce enabled works just...
View ArticleVDR backup issue with quiesced snapshots error -3960
Seems like this issue with VDR and Windows 2008 R2 has been discussed here for ages, and still there is no obvious solutions. In my case I had to solve two issues: first was an error in Windows Event...
View ArticlevDR 2.0 - Copy Offsite for Disaster Recovery
I have a 500GB virtual disk created for vDR 2.0 to use for its dedup backups. The disk is sitting on an NFS share mounted as a Datastore in vSphere. In vSphere its:[DATASTORE] VDR/VDR.vmdk If I...
View ArticleErr_code: -110 SnapshotVM: Exception Raised - fault.RestrictedVersion.summary
Hi,We use VMware ESXI version 4.1.0 as a host with vSphere Client Version 4.1.0. There are guests with Windows 2003 Srv and Windows 2008R2 Srv. The backup runs on another Windows 2008R2 with CA...
View Articlewindows 2008 drive stuck as readonly after snapshot
We are using VADP to protect a Windows 2008 server (active directory and file). It appears that after enabling this backup with CBT, the D drive on this server is set to read only and I can't figure...
View ArticleBank6: Not a vmware boot bank - Imaged old boot mirror to larger drives.
As title says, we have a server that had 146Gb mirrored SAS drives and we used Acronis Backup and recovery Advanced server to save a disk image from the raided mirror. After replacing the drives with...
View ArticleData Protection 5.1 not included in evaluation?
I got a confirmation email today saying that my vSphere 5.1 evaluation has started and I can now access and download ESXi, vCenter and VSA. But I do not have any download links for the new Data...
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 ArticleHow to properly remove VDP ?
Hi, how can I completly and properly remove VDP appliance ? Destrying the virtual machine doesn't change nothing, vpd still apear in the web client. Thank for your help Theju
View ArticleVMware Data Recover Upgrade - Question
We are currently running vCenter 4.1 and preparing to upgrade to vCenter 5.1. We have a version 1.2 VDR appliance with a backup store (RDM). I'm looking through the instructions specified here for...
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 ArticlevDP Restore Fails On Machine under vSphere Replication
We have several VMs that are configured to use vSphere Replication. I backed up one of these, and did a trial restore, after a few seconds it fails with the error:"Invalid or unsupported virtual...
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