VDR Report email spammed
Between 3 and 7 am this morning, one of our VDR appliances sent 1900 emails with the report information. I'm wondering what could have caused this. It's not supposed to send anything untill 8 am. Edit:...
View ArticleCannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation...
Then i try to backup VM using VDR the following error occured: Create virtual machine snapshotCannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for...
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No files available for restore using FLR in a Windows guest VM on VDP 5.1.11.3
I have VDP 5.1.11.3 installed and backing up a mix of Windows and Linux VMs across two ESXi 5.1 Update 1. The VMs are backing up properly and I have recent mount points available, however, when I log...
View ArticleCan VDB backup to local storage?
Can VDB backup virtual machines to a local storage device presented to the VDB virtual appliance configured as a passthrough device?
View ArticleVDP email configuration no longer works with yahoo or gmail.
I've had the email configuration page set up to email me via my yahoo account for several months. A few days ago, it stopped working with this error: "Send email summary report error: Failed to send...
View ArticleRestoring directly to an ESXi host with VMware Data Protection (VDP)
Can I use VMware Data Protection to restore directly to an ESXi host, or do I have to have vCenter Server up and running? (If the VM I'm trying to restore is vCenter Server itself, then it won't work...
View ArticleVDP LUN to be backed up by TSM
Hello Team,Has anyone backed up their VDP LUN(Where VDP dumps its backup of the Vms) to the Tape drives using TSM. I am looking forward to implement that , so wanted to check if any one has implemented...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection backup fails
Hi all, i've configured vSphere Data Protection 5.5 on my Environment.Installation was ok and i configured a Backup Job. The Jobs fail on all machines with XXX vcbimage.label not found XXX<Machine...
View ArticleBackup Solutions ESXi 5 Free
I'll say sorry up front if this topic has been talked about to death but i need/want to ask for any best practices and include my current setup I will preface to say i work in a public library and we...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 failing to backup VM. Snapshot error.
Good day, I'm using vSphere Data Protection basic 5.5 to backup my VMs. Some of my backup job failing to backup. Error from client log file: 2013-12-11T21:01:09.512-5:00 avvcbimage Warning...
View ArticlevStorage API backup with Symantec Netbackup 7
Hi all, we are about to implement a new VM backup solution based on Symantec Netbackup 7.1 leveraging the vStorage API to perform image backups on a Netbackup media server that is directly attached to...
View ArticleWhat 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 ArticleSome VDR errors
Hi guys, I'm having some problems with VDR.There I explain my situation:16 x vm to backup4 x VDR8 x 500 GB disks mounted as Network Share Each VDR backups 4 vm and has 2 disks.There are vm that we want...
View Articlecustom quiesce scripts does not work in linux
I have a custom quiesce script in my linux virtual machine.The scripts are /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script and /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script. The pre-freeze-script quiesces the DB and touches a file ( say...
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HP 1/8 G2 Autoloader mit SC44GE HBA ESXi5
Hallo, ich habe auf einem Server ESXi 4.1in diesem Server habe ich einen SAS Controller SC44GE, daran angeschlossen ein HP S 1/8 G2 AutoloaderDefault erkannte 4.1 nur ein Tape Laufwerk mittels...
View ArticleVDR backup limitation
Hi, i am having 24 VMs running on my Vcenter. I am using VDR for my backup application. now i am going to schedule all 24 backups to be started at 12.00am. but i heard it can run 8 backups at once. so...
View ArticleMFT corrupt but VM working normal. How is that possible?
I'm using Acronis VMProtect to back up my virtual machines. I am trying to diagnose a warning message with Acronis technical support. One Windows 2008 32-bit VM with 2 virtual hard disks attached...
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 ArticleLooking for VDR succesor, as VDP does not work for us
What are non-expensive alternatives to VDR for 5.1 backup solutions? We are using simple and non-expensive yet working backups since ESX3. Starting from VCB scripts we moved to VDR. Now as VDR is being...
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