Advanced login vSphere Data Protection restore client fails
Dear All,I have a problem with the vSphere Data Protection Restore Client. Namely with the advanced option. If I use the basic login option I can get to my backed up VM and I can also restore a single...
View Articlepre-freeze and post-thaw scripts help
Hi I've got an environment where I want to use Veeam as the backup tool but I'm having issues with a non VSS aware application and pre-freeze scripts.Essentially, I need to freeze an old Oracle...
View ArticleCannot Backup Virtual Machine using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
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VDP Appliance shows guest vmdks attached to it and as the active disks for guest
After a failed backup job my vdp appliance is left showing in vSphere that it has still guest vmdks attached from at least 5 guests. The guestsThe backup job usually completes in an hour or 2 but was...
View Article"Cannot complete operation due to concurrent modification by another...
I've just updated VDP to 5.1.10.32 following Administration Guide. I removed snapshot after update but I'm not able to set disks to "Independent - Persistent“ mode again. I've got "File...
View ArticleSlow restore speed of virtual machine
Hello! I have a question about slow restore speed of virtual machine. Backup speed of 8 VM (parallel) is about 900...950 GBytes per hour Restore speed of one VM on VMFS through SAN is only 75...80...
View ArticleBackup best practices in a SAN environment
Hello, Can somone please tell me the best way to do backups using VEEAM in a SAN environment with 3 hosts and 2 arrays with the VMWare Standard Acceleration Kit? I'd prefer not to purchase another...
View ArticleBackup VDP appliance with veem to export data on external disk, is it a good...
Hi, I'm using VDP to backup my VM.I wish to backup these data on tape, then I 'm looking for a good solution.I'm testing veeam to backup the VDP appliance on an external disk, then I backup this disk...
View ArticleHow to make full guest OS backup?
What is the best way to make a full guest OS backup in the case that the hardware failed? I want to be able to simply re-install the hypervisor and restore the guest OS instead of reinstall everything...
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How to monitor Failed backups in VDP?
Hi, There has already been some discussions about monitoring Failed backups in VDP, but I couldn't find any appropriate solution. I've checked Alarms Definitions in the vCenter and there is no defined...
View ArticleVPD vCenter Registration Test Connection fail
Hi everyone, I come across a problem while setting up VPD, I am trying to deploy VDP for our foreign office, their ESXi hosts are managed under our vCenter, The installation looks fine, DNS...
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VDP documentation says that VDPa supports replication to VDPa?
I know that VDP 5.5 can replicate to Avamar, but VDPa is still version 5.1. VDPa 5.1 does not have replicationcapabilities, but the VDP 5.5 doc says that it does? What gives? Thanks,-MattG
View ArticleVDP Create a New Backup Job causes error
Hi, We have vCenter server 5.5 installed and I have installed VDP 5.5 along with it. When I try to create a new backup job an error message pops up "Failed to acquire all licenses". I can complete...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 - Attach VDP Storage
Hello, I would like to deploy OVA with VDP 5.5 and attach my custom sized vmdk disk.But no matter how I create the disk and when try to attach it to VDP I get the warning message:"VDP: Failed initial...
View ArticleNetworker 8.0.2 & vCenter 5.1
Dears, hi I have questions regarding to backup VMs hosted on vSphere Env 5.1 & manage by 2 vCenter 5.1 server (1physical & 1virtual =Heartbeat mode) we have EMC Networker 8.0.2 as backup...
View Articlevdp job waiting at 92%
Hi all,one of my backup job stop at 92% but i don't know why.I'm reading the vdr-server.log but i can't find particular errors.Which other log have u to read? Tnks
View ArticleBackup as image to different host
Back in the day of VM-server, I had 2 identical servers - one live, the other for backup. The backup server powered on at 3am each day and ran a script that shut down a VM on the server PC then copied...
View ArticleHow to freeing up space in VDP with the capacity health check limit reached?
Used Capacity on one of our VDP reached 96.46% and Backup Scheduler was stopped. I'm able to start Backup Scheduler. But although I deleted many backups the used capacity is still the same. Is any way...
View ArticleThe VMDK filename is not valid or present. Verify that the proxy was...
Hallo all, I have successfuly performed a backups of 20+ VMs using VDP. The VM's are installed in a SAN. When I try to perform a restore of individual files (flr method), I get the message: "The VMDK...
View ArticleData Recovery 2.0.2 vm disappeared from backup job after integrity check
Hy guys, I've installed a DR 2.0.2 (fresh installation) and all works fine until the first integrity check after a recatalog error. The recatalog error needs to delete some of the restore point that...
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