VDP / VDP advanced and unsupported disks
According to best practices - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-5120.pdf "When planning for backups, make sure the disks are...
View ArticleUpgrading 5.6 to 5.8
While following the steps for upgrading VDP 5.6 to VDP 5.8 i got the error message "Installation of package stalled" within a few minutes after starting the update. I rolled back the installation to...
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 ArticleVDP Unable to Deploy VDP 6
Hi All, We use port 81 for vCenter as an alternative HTTP port however when im trying to deploy the VDP appliance i get the following error Unable to verify vCenter listening on specified HTTP Port....
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...
View ArticleVDP backups always fail regardless of state
Hello, I have tried to deploy VDP of several versions with the same result in order to evaluate the product but can't get it to backup a single host regardless of powered on or shut down. The...
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VDP: A backup/restore/validate activity did not start within the alloted time
Hi, If anyone can help me that would be appreciated. I have setup VDP to backup my VMs individually. Previously my backup used to work but recently, I keep getting the error saying " VDP : A...
View ArticleServer backup Faliure Wth failing with snapshot error
Hi Team , One of my VM guest Machine's backup job is getting failed again and again with snapshot error .When I checked logs I can see Event Warning " VM disks consolidation failed " where currently...
View ArticlevDP 6.0 appliance performance in web client.
I've been using the vDP 6.0 appliance (6TB) for about a week now. I'm starting to add more & more backups to it. I find the web client performance very poor, especially when it's working on...
View ArticleCBT backup size versus guest-OS modified file size
Hi! I administer a vSphere 5.5 environment using IBM Tivoli Storage Management for Virtual Environments (TSM-VE) as our backup solution. TSM-VE uses CBT to make incremental-forever backups of our VMs,...
View ArticleFailed to Deploy OVF package: A general system error occurred: Failed to...
Hello,I am attempting to set up a Hortonworks sandbox on our VSphere 5.5 lab environment. We have deployed many times before and have had various problems, but this is a new one to me.After selecting...
View ArticleFirewall between vDR and vCenter - Can't connect
Hi, I have a vDR in a DMZ network on a DMZ ESXi host (host has a managment interface in the internal LAN interface, where vCenter also resides).So, firewall blocks communication from DMZ to LAN.I have...
View ArticleRestoring VM's using Netbackup to ESXi host
Hi,In my environment we use Symantec Netbackup 7.1. We backup VM's using our vCenter server to a Netbackup 5000 device & the backups are then copied out to our Disaster Recovery site over a 100MB...
View ArticleOpinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
We are looking at both of the products in the subject line for our DR solution. I can read all the marketing material till I'm blue in the face, however I wanted to here from people who are using them...
View ArticleE10007 Miscellaneous Error Backing Up VM
I have recently setup a small new virtual environment. One of the key features is a vDP backup appliance running on a host at physically separate location, with backups being performed over the...
View ArticleHow to backup a Physical RDM ?
Hello All, I would like to know how we could take a backup of a physical RDM ? Kindly share ideas and features of the product VDP that would allow or provide a workaround for the backup of the RDM in...
View ArticleSnapshot Errors
My setup:vSphere 5.0.0, 4695124 VM Instacnes, all being backed up using Veeam 6.1Using Veeam 6.1 Backup and ReplicationMonthly Full with incrementals.My backup jobs are failing on ONE of the 4...
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 ArticleVDP 5.1.11.3 - Problem to backup 4 of all my VMs
Hi, I'm encontering a problem to backup just 4 VMs of all my VMs since I upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to 5.1.To begin, I have 2 VMware ESXi.All was OK with VMware ESXi 4.1 and VMware Data Recovery.When I...
View ArticleHow to Switch VDP to new vCenter ?
Hi all Due to some issue. I reinstalled the vCenterMy vcenter installed on windows 2008 R2But my VDP backup have to be managed by the new oneDoes anyone know how to switch the VDP to new vcenter...
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