VDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
Many of my customers have very simple installs with a single SAN. I have a test environment right now where I have 2 esxi hosts and a san. One of the hosts has a local datastore. I am using the local...
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vSphere Data Protection: Failed to start the backup scheduler.
After I installed the vDP, I see the following picture in https://vdp-host:8543/vdp-configure/Is there a way to find the reason: what exactly failed?
View ArticleCan't take a snapshot with memory flag 0
Hello, I have a problem with some guest on an esxi 5 host. When I try to backup these VMs via the vadp (tsm for ve) I get the following error on the esx: The guest OS has reported an error during...
View ArticleBackup of VM's with RDM's
Does anyone have any suggestions for backing up Virtual Machines with RDM's? We have a two node SQL Cluster in development. While we are doing full Windows backups using NBU, we'd also like the ability...
View Articlevmware essentials + Veeam Backup FREE Edition
Hi, Couple of questions and need some advice please. Network PlanHost 1 - 2 x 3Ghz Qurd Core CPUs with 16GB Ram, 2 x 1TB Raid 1VM - Windows 2012 Standard - PDC, Exchange, DNS, DHCPVM - Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleUsing Vmware Data Recovery without Vcenter
Hello I am lead to believe that you can use VDR to restore backups without Vcenter server. Since my Vcenter server is Virtualised in a DR scenario I would need to recover this backup using VDR. Can...
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VMware Data Protection (VDP) and vCenter Local User
Can VDP be set up using a local, non-domain, user account? I have followed the VDP admin guide, but cannot get past the vCenter registration step, I have been installing the VDP appliance on my laptop...
View ArticleBackup vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 with Backup Exec?
Hi, Our department is converting to an virtual environment. We have two servers, both IBM System X 3650 M2, running vSphere hypervisor 5.1 (free license). We also have a contract with Symantec and use...
View ArticlevSphere Data Recovery error -3948 ( vcb api exception)
Hi all, I have a problem with the data recovery, I am not able to backup my machines I only get following error: error -3948 ( vcb api exception) Hope anyone has a idea what this error mean and...
View ArticleEsxi 5 Hypervisor backup image
Hi All, This is my first post, I am new to VMware. I have manged to install ESXi5 on Hp DL360 G6 with 24 GB HD and 410 Gb HD, with RAID 5 I also managed to install Centos 6.2 as my first client. It is...
View ArticleTime Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance
Hello, I installed vDP in lab environment to test the product. Everything was working well for few days. Since Saturday, I am facing with this error “the most common cause for this error is that the...
View ArticleData Protection MCS Status: down at startup
When initially starting up Data Protection, the MCS status always seems to be down which causes the backups to fail. I have discovered that I can work around the issue by logging in to Data Protection...
View ArticleAttempting to connect
I am having a challenge installing Data Recovery 2.0. I keep getting First I click on the plugin, enter my password, it indicates "Attempting to Connect", then after a few minutes the "Set vCenter...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Hosts Sudently Power Down
Hello everyone, I have a client with Essential Plus and he`s setup with 2 hosts ESXi 5.1, vCenter Appliance, Virtual Data Protection. What happened is that a power failure brutally brought the systems...
View ArticleHP Data Protector 6.20 and VMware Granular Recovery Help
Hi all, I have two clients where we have upgraded to vSphere 4.1 Update, as well as HP Data Protector 6.20. Previously, VM backups were performed using VCB. Now with Data Protector 6.20's integration...
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Safe to delete snapshot from failed vdp backup
Hi I had some backups fail last night and on 4 VMs I can see a snapshot that the VDP appliance made during the backup but was unable to remove automatically. (I assume)Since these are some pretty...
View ArticleCBT overstating changes?
My replication software is saying that CBT is massively overstating the amount of changes to a degree where incremental replicas are made 100% from scratch (ie full replica, not just the changes). Are...
View ArticleCould not connect requested vdp appliance
Hi, I have vmware vsphere 5.1 deployed & i m using vdp 5.1 appliance for disk based backup & restore of vm's. Initially when i deployed vdp appliance it's working fine, the only issue i faced...
View ArticlevSphere includes VMware Data Recovery...correct?
I was looking at the VMware Data Recovery Product and it looks pretty cool...until I saw you had to purchase it. Then I saw this: "VMware Data Recovery is included in vSphere Enterprise Plus,...
View ArticleOff-site backup with VDP?
So currently we have vSphere Essentials Plus, with 3 ESXi 5.1 host machines, a dedicated vCenter Server and a ReadyNAS 3200. I'm using VMware Data Protection to do backups of each of the VMs each day,...
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