Time 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 ArticleConfiguration tab freezes up always
We are having issues with accessing the configuration tab in the data protection plugin from the vsphere client. Everything else works just fine, we are able to access all four other tabs such as...
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 ArticleFailed to create snapshot for vm error -3960
Hi,I am using VDR and getting this error for one of VMs. Failed to create snapshot for vmname, error -3960 ( cannot quiesce virtual machine)Taking the sanpshot manually with quiesce enabled works just...
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 ArticlevDP simply does not work
I have almost had it with this product (or at least this release).I did a very simple Backup of my VM, and tried to do a restore. The VM is running Ubuntu (if that makes any difference)?, and its VMDK...
View ArticleVDP 5.5.5 - Could not connect to the requested VDP Appliance - The SSO Server...
Hi,I have installed VDP 5.5.5 on 2 different subnet in a single VCenter. First VDP is in the same subnet (192.168.50.x) than the VCenter 5.5. No issues at all. It works like a charm. My other VDP 5.5.5...
View Article2 not working vdp's with /space partition full
been having some odd happenings the last few days where services would be stopped in the morning on 2 of the VDP appliances, usually management and scheduledthis morning 4 services were stopped on...
View ArticleCan vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1 deployed without a domain?
I tried to deploy VDP without domain and DNS.I've edit host file both vcenter and vdp.Both of them can communicate with hostname.I stuck at the page that you have to put a domain.Can I deploy it...
View Articlecan i have 2 x vdp appliances backing up the same guests??
being a bit paranoid about backups and really liking VDP i am wondering if having 2 appliances backing up the same guests would be ok. i would of course stagger the time of backups to not overlap. as i...
View ArticleBacking up VM's under ESXi 5.1
As we move to using ESXi 5.1 vms "live" we needs to do back ups Can I simply use the data store browser to copy the folders to another box and then copy these on to back up hard drive or tape?
View ArticleVDP, CBT and write-intensive disks
My organization is fairly small and we're exploring our enterprise backup solution options. I've been tasked with coming up with an approach that meets certain requirements, one of those being nightly...
View ArticleExporting OVF Templates Times Out
I have been trying to export an OVF template using the vSphere Client Version 4.1.0 Build 258902 of a VM from an ESXi server running 4.1.0 Build 260247 using a licensed version of vSphere 4 Standard....
View ArticleVDP - 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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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 ArticlePrevent VDP from deleting only recovery point
We have extremely short retention policies for some jobs - effectively, I just need the latest copy of a VM stored as a backup (1-day retention if you will). However, if a job or backup of a VM fails,...
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VDP Management service start failed and can't get into VDP panel
Hi everyone Now my VDP 5.5 can not start management service. I try starting many time and also try rolling back but it's still not come back to running stage.Screenshot below show me everytime I try to...
View Articlevdp 5.5.5 advanced cannot add a license to a host
i have downloaded and installed the 60 day eval mainly to test the replication feature.i have the license provided by vmware and added it during the install/configuration go into the web client then...
View ArticleVDP - Limit concurrent backups
Hi, Has anyone tried to limit concurrent backups? Default number (8) is just too much for our NAS and i'd like to have 4 or even 2 backups running at the same time. Jeff Hunter mentions that it's...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 - unexpected error 10058
new vdp 5.5 appliance 1TB connected to a vcenter 5.5 applianceconfigured a dozen or so backups that are working. have 3 vm's that get "An unexpected error occurred with the following error code: 10058"...
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