Have -delta.vmdk files, no -.vmsn files. How to restore guest OS to snapshot?
Hi,By accident using Datastore browser I have deleted almost all files of one of the guest OS. Only vmdk files (flat and delta) survived. So far I have managed to run (using this link...
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Download from ESXi4 with SCP stops after ~500MB
Hello folks,I have a weird problem when backing up one of my virtual machines on ESXi 4.I use ghettoVCB.sh to create a *.gz-file of my VM which actually works great. I start the procedure via a script...
View ArticleBottleneck = source
Dear all, I am using ESXi 3.5 (Free version) and I am triailing Veeam Backup & Replication. The most I can get out of it is 5 - 6 Mb/s My VM is 570GB and the whole thing is taking 25 odd hours. Is...
View ArticlevSphare Data Protection option not shown in vSphere Web Client
Hi, I have just upgraded vCenter virtual appliance from version 5.0 to 5.1.0.5100-799730. Then I have installed vSphereDataProtection-5.1.56.179. Deployment and setup finished with no errors. When I...
View ArticleData Protection Appliance deployed and configured, plugin enabled in vcenter,...
Hi! I have successfully deployed and configured a VDP appliance. The problem is that i cannot access the management plugin in the vsphere web client: it just isn't there. It is in the enabled plugins,...
View ArticleHow to Schedule Snapshot Delete
I'm currently using VMWare Infrastructure Client to manage couple of VMs sitting on VMWare ESX server. I don't have access to service console. Can anybody suggest a way to schedule snapshot delete...
View ArticleTrouble reading from destination volume, error -2241 ( Destination index...
Hi guys, I have started seeing this error everytime the daily integrity check is ran. 9/6/2009 3:36:40 PM: Executing Integrity Check9/6/2009 3:36:40 PM: To Backup Set /...9/6/2009 3:36:40 PM:...
View ArticleDatarecovery 1.1.0.707 and Vix Error: VdrVixMount: Cannot open disk
getting the following message when running the filerestore client from a 2003 standard sp2 vm: 01/19/2010 12:12:45 PM > Vix Warn: FILE: CreateEntryDirectory stat failure on 'C:\Documents and...
View ArticleWe can’t make quiesced VMware Snapshots on a VM with Exchange 2010 in a RDM LUN
Hallo, first i must say, that we don't need a backup of the Exchange 2010 enviroment, this will be taken with NetApp SnapManager for Exchange. But the OS VMDK files are on a NFS Datastore and this...
View ArticleCannot Quiesce Vcenter snapshot
When I perform a snapshot on Vcenter 5.0 SP1 by unchecking (disable) "Snapshot the virtual machine's memory", and setting (enable) "Quiesce guest file System", I get the error "Create virtual machine...
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 ArticleVDR email notifications working...
We've managed to get email notifications working from our VDR installation (1.1.0.707). It certainly is not the most elegant solution; but I am hoping by sharing it with the community that it can be...
View ArticleResolution: VDR "Trouble writing to destination" errors with CIFS target on...
VDR users, We recently switched our CIFS backup destinations from a Windows 2003 server to Windows 2008 R2 (SP1, 64-bit). Since that point, we had nothing but problems: nearly all backups were...
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VCenter 5, ESXi5 and ARCServe R15SP1: restore is impossible !
Hi to all of you, We're currently running in big troubles ...For the backup side, our architecture is supported by an ARCServe R15 backup Domain, composed of 1 of Master server and 2 member servers....
View ArticleSome VDR errors
Hi guys, I'm having some problems with VDR.There I explain my situation:16 x vm to backup4 x VDR8 x 500 GB disks mounted as Network Share Each VDR backups 4 vm and has 2 disks.There are vm that we want...
View ArticleUnable to login to VDP restore client
Hi I've just recently started to use the VDP and am trying to test the file level restore functionality.I'm unable to login to the restore client however. On a VM I have a backup of, I open IE and type...
View ArticleSlow throughput on vSphere and Arcserve r15 VDDK
Hey Guys, I am recently experiencing a performance issue with Arcserve R 15.0 on vSphere 4.1 using VDDK. Without any documented change to our backup environment certain VM Guests have slowed down to...
View ArticleMS Exchange - Can it be broken by VDP?
Hello everyone, I have a client that after he hava messed up with a bunch of things with out any knowledge. He came up to me saying that he Exchange Server broke because of the VDP is backing it up...
View ArticlevDRによるバックアップ完了後にゲストOSが再起動してしまう
Comunityに初めて投稿します。 管理している環境でvDRを利用してゲストOSのバックアップを取得しているのですが、そのうちの一部でバックアップ完了後にゲストOSが再起動する事象が発生していました。vDRではバックアップ取得にスナップショットの作成・削除が行われているようですが、タイミング的にはスナップショット削除直後にOSが再起動してしまったようです。 利用している環境は以下のとおりです。...
View ArticlevADP Features and Backup Vendors Integration - Overview
Dear community, I am completing a technical deep dive of VMware vADP features and their integration in Symantec NetBackup v7.5.x.I am interested to see what the other backup vendors are doing in this...
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