LUNs shows with different LUN id on host
Hi, I have a problem with LUNs id. I have two ESXi host which sharing 3 Luns (shows on both host). In Host 1 the LUNs number show with LUN ID LUN 5,LUN6, LUN7.On host 2 these LUNs shows with LUN Id LUN...
View ArticleVDR "trouble reading files, error -3956 (operation failed)" issue
UPDATE : Mistake corrected with red color Hello, I use VDR 2.0.0 with ESXi 5 HA cluster created with 3 hosts and FC SAN acting as datastore.I've tried to backup VM with two vmdks - first 102GB and...
View ArticleVDP is losing schedules
Hi, From time to time one of our VDP appliances crash and randomly loses all backup schedules it had. Backup data from VMs seems to be therethere though. Is there any way to restore that backed up data...
View ArticleVDR file restore client no restore points
Hello, I'm having a problem with VDR Windows File Restore Client. My vSphere VDR application has no errors and I can restore from the app but when I use the client to restore files there are no mount...
View ArticleVDP Now uses constant bandwidth even during blackout period
The initial issues I've had with VDP forced me to start fresh and make a completely new guest. I deployed an ova for the .5TB VM. I installed it to an NFS datastore. It all installed fine and is...
View ArticleVDP 5.1.11.3 - File Level Restore @ 2MB/sec
Hello - We're working through some deployment testing for VDP, and we're see TWO megabytes per second on FLR restores. I can download files @ 2MB/sec on my home 20Mbit DSL line. Is there something...
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A bit of encouraging words for the VMware Data Protection appliance
Hi, Recently we have switched our backup services from VMware Data Recovery to VMware Data Protection (without migrating backup jobs and data from VDR, we did fresh config and fres backups in VDP). So...
View ArticleVeeam Backup & Replication 7 - total disaster 8-(((
As you might know, VBR7 was launched late this August and since then many hundreds of customers were posting numerous bug reports on Veeam's forums. I, myself, happen to be their customer and I decided...
View ArticleRollback from snapshot
Hi everyone,My simple question is it possible to go back from snapshot to before snapshot state ? How can it be possible ?I lost a lot of useful data and I need it back.Please help.
View ArticleAvamar Gen 4 not taking snapshots of Vcenter or SQL VM's
So in one of our domains that we manage I have an EMC Avamar system backing up our Vcenter which is working fine using Proxies. We have an isolated cluster for our Vcenter server and Vcenter SQL...
View ArticleIsolating Backup Traffic
I'm using Image level backup with both Veeam and Avamar on vSphere 5.1. When the backup software access an ESXi host to backup all of its vmdks, we are wanting to make sure that traffic is not sent out...
View Articlecannot rollback vdp
my vdp appliance failed o start the services and so i tied to rollback o a previous config but failed. any idea what to do now?
View ArticleVDP SNMP
Hi folks, is it possible to configure SNMP (Nagios) to track the status of my backup jobs ?I already asked google, but I did not really find any solution. BR,T
View ArticleBreak VDP on first run by filling it up
Hello - We're really trying to make VDP work, but this is our 3rd attempt and it still seems to lack some key (basic) management functionality. Here's the scenario: Create a backup jobBackup job...
View ArticleVDP Logs and Troubleshooting.
Hi All I have been using VDP for a few weeks now and it has been running without too many issues. In the last day or so I have seeing backups fail on 2 of my appliances. I would like to know the reason...
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...
View ArticleChange DNS-Name of Data Recovery Appliance
I like a clear naming of all the systems I manage.Therefore I'd like to know, if it is supported to rename "localhost.localdomain". If yes, how? ThanksAndré
View ArticleAnyone else having these VDR issues?
I love the fact that VMware is providing VDR as part of the vSphere package. It's definitely a step in the right direction, albeit I'm still inclined to think this software hasn't been put through the...
View ArticleVDR integrity check- how to bypass?
Hi all- I have a 400gb destination, however its mounted on a slow CIFS mount point (get about 125Mb/sec to it) the integrity check has been running since 9am yesterday (24.5 hours) and its currently...
View ArticleVeeam Backup Vs PHD esXpress
Hi all I've been looking at VM backup options recently for vSphere. After messing around with our current solution (Commvault) it turns out that they are still using the old VCB framework according...
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