vcbmounter invalid NBD error code
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework> vcbmounter.exe -h foo.com -u XXXX -p YYYY -a name:foo -r e:\mnt\foo -t fullvm -m nbd Current working directory:...
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Do any ports require to be open for VDR to function through a Firewall. I have 2 ESX in my DMZ but the VDR jobs always fail for them. I see that VDR takes the snapshot but then it fails to copy the...
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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...
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Hello, Has anyone else encounter or know how to resolve a error -105? The exact error message is "Trouble writing to destination volume, error -105 (unexpected end of data)". This is only occuring on...
View ArticleHowto set up BackupExec 2010 to use SAN transport mode with vSphere 4?
Hi I feel like this question should be answered in at least ten knowledgebase articles and other documentations, yet i seem to be unable to find any of them ... I have BackupExec 2010 and vSphere 4.0...
View Articlehow changed block tracking works?
I have gone through the changed block tracking functionality- how to enable it, its advanages(incremetnal and differential backups) etc. When enabled, *-ctk.vmdk files are created, one per virtual...
View ArticleDon't use rsync version below 3.0.5 for backups!
When using the rsync parameter --sparse or -S to efficiently copy large VM disk images (VMDK files) you need rsync version 3.0.5 or newer as with older version you get into data corruption without any...
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...
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 ArticleDid someone once backup up ESXI 4.0 Or ESXI 5.0 VM's, with Symantec Backup...
HiIf so, what do i need on ESXI Host and/or Vsphere to be installed
View ArticleVDP vs VDR
Hi everybody, i couldnt help myself starting this conversation. i was very suprised for VDR being shutdown.i knew VDR would be updated, but was not expectng so soon, since the latest 2.01 was released...
View ArticlevDP - Advanced Login for Data Protection Restore Client
Anybody else having trouble with this? The basic logon works fine, but when I try to use the advanced logon (and yes, the user does have vCenter admin rights, as specified in the admin guide, page 42...
View Articlewhy can't I login into the vsphere data protection restore client?
when I try to login everytime,I got the error:"can not locate the VM".First,I thought my login acount was not correct,but I tried every kinds of acounts,such as...
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We have been testing VDP in our LAB environment for some time, all running fine.But all of a sudden we can't connect anymore via the web-client:As we wanted to install a bigger version anymore we...
View ArticleVDP Scheduler won't start
hi guys suddenly my Backup Scheduler won't start (I can see that in status VDP configure tab). It was working fine.I manually start it. No go.I used command: dpnctl stop mcs - dpnctl start mcs. Same...
View ArticleEsxi 5.0 Host support for FC connected Tape Drives in virtual machine running...
Dear Experts, We recently bought C0H19A: HP StoreEver 1/8 G2 LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 FC TapeAutoloader. The purpose is to backup data from virtual machines, I mean selected data in virtual machines, like...
View ArticleVADP and allowing MS Windows access to a VMFS LUN
Hello - We're starting to explore the use of VADP backups with EMC Networker, and a config option we have is to use the "SAN" transport mode, which allows LAN-free backups and puts the load on the...
View ArticleUpgrade Data Recovery Appliance ?
For fun I did a yum upgrade of my test Data Recovery Appliance. Given that this is a Centos 5.2 I thought I'd see what happened when it was upgraded. Turns out not so good.... sfcb cannot...
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How can I upgrade vmware tools on Vm data Recovery? Can I update hardware 4 to 7? Thanks, Filipe D. C. Pinto
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Please could someone explain how I upgrade the VMware tools on the appliance machine? vCentre is reporting the tools out of date, but doing a "Install/Upgrade VMware tools" fails - I assume it needs...
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