What are the VM size limitations for using NBD transport mode in VADP ?
We are having issue to perform VADP backup with EMC² Networker 7.6.2 with a VM which in total equals about 2.3 TB of data.The setup is the following:VM (fileserver) running on Windows 2008 R2The backup...
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 ArticleVDP Fails to Start
When I try to start my VDP appliance, the vm boots and then sits at "Starting VDP appliance systems. Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes." But it never gets passed this point. We recently move the...
View ArticleVDP fsck failed.
Hello.. My VDP appliance is in a read-only state and will not boot into read-write. I don't understand the command I think its asking for i.e. bash# mount -n -o remount,rw / doesn't work? Is the bash#...
View ArticleVDP crash
Hi,Two days ago i need to restore some file from a vm with windows 2003. The restore job started but it hang at 92%. After several hours I decided to cancel the job.The vdp vm crashed. After a "Restart...
View ArticleVirtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hi, We have VSphere 5.0 and would like to find easy way to backup virtual machines not only file level but in case of some problems we would like to be able to easy restore virtual machine as cost of...
View ArticleVDP / 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 ArticleVDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
/usr/local/avamarclient folder seems to be full of huge log files. Are these safe to delete? 0 bytes left on / How could I have prevented this?
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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 ArticleVDP - VMware Data Protection 5.1 is Free ?
Hello, I have 3 clusters running ESXi 5.0 with VCenter 5.0. I would like to use the VDP 5.1, but for that I need to update the VCenter 5.1. Know tell me that the VDP 5.1 (2TB) is free? Someone...
View ArticleVDP: Host is in a state that cannot perform snapshots
We have an VDP Appliance that is backing up one Guest VM fine but the second Guest VM it continues to error out after 10-30 seconds stating "VDP: Host is in a state that cannot perform snapshots." I...
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 ArticleQueryChangedDiskAreas problem
I'm trying to use QueryChangedDiskAreas on an ESX 4 server through the Perl SDK. The method I'm using works for some VMs, but for others, I get back a FileFault. Looking at the ESX server logs...
View ArticleVDR "trouble reading files, error -3956 (operation failed)" issue
UPDATE : Mistake corrected with red color Hello, I use VDR 2.0.0 with ESXi 5 HA cluster created with 3 hosts and FC SAN acting as datastore.I've tried to backup VM with two vmdks - first 102GB and...
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VDP 0,5TB integrity check fails
I'm running Vcenter 5.1 with 4 x ESXi 5.0.0 76811 hosts. I've implemented two VDP appliances 1 x 0,5TB and 1 x 1TB . Integrity check fails with 0,5TB VDP backup appliance. Everything is okay with the...
View ArticleEBRA and EBRA Porxy Installation with vCenter 5.5 and NetWorker 8.1
Hi, I have several questions below: 1) Can EBRA and EBRA Proxy OVA be installed with vCenter 5.5 without DNS? If the /etc/hosts files in all the conerned hosts are fully configured should it work? or...
View ArticleFLR restore is showing error most of the times
Hi, While we try to use FLR for restoring the backup from VDP we are getting the following error message Failed to browse backup '<folder name>'. Unable to browse as proxies are unavailable This...
View ArticleVDR: Error on backup -3946 (disk open failed)
Hi all,I'm trying to use an VDR to backup. I have error on all esx/esxi - "Trouble reading files, error -3946 (disk open failed)".VDR can backup only vm on ESX where VDR placed. VDR v1.1.0.707vSphere...
View ArticleVDP - Crashed. Core services wont start. Rollback failed
My VDP appliance core services wont start. Rollback failed. Any suggestions? Is it easier to just delete it and start again? Thank you, tjcooper
View ArticleVDR 2.0 cifs errors
Hi. I have upgraded from VDR 1.2 to 2.0 and have problems with dedupe store on cifs share on Windows 7. Previous VDR had no problem with backup on cifs share, but new version throws me this error in...
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