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VDP: Failed to attach disk
Hi everyone, I've tried everything I could for the past 2 days and I am still geting this... I have reinstalled it 4 times so far and still same thing!I CAN ping from within VDP shell the esxi hosts,...
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 ArticleVmware C drive issue
How can I extend my C drive space without restart my VM machine. Please explain me all the possibilities.
View ArticleHotadd backup method explanation ?
Hi All, My goal is to make the backup of VM faster since most of theVM is in the MD3000i_SAN VMFS and between the ESXi host is direct connection tothe both ESXi1 and ESXi2 I’d like to get...
View ArticleRecommend SCSI-to-iSCSI bridge
Hi guys, Currently I've got an ADIC FastStor 2 Tape auto-loader connected to a physical machine running Backup Exec 12.5 that backs up our VMs using internal agents. Our ESX hosts are running ESX 4.1,...
View ArticleDell killed vRanger. What are the low budget backup solutions?
Hi All,It seems that VMWare and many of the surrounding programs are geared towards multi-million dollar datacenters, where I am sure they are doing wonderful things. However, for the last 5 years we...
View ArticleError 3946 (Disk Open Failed) on VMware Data Recovery jobs
We currently backup VMs accross three different clusters using multiple VMware Data Recovery appliances. Without much warning, we've begun to have problems with one of the hosts. That host was...
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...
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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 ArticleError backing up vCenter through VDP
I am getting an error when trying to backup my vCenter server through VDP: VDP: Backup job (vCenter VMs) failed to backup client V Center 2 64. Execution error: E10056:Restore failed due to existing...
View ArticleVMWare Essentials Kit Backup possibilities?
Hello, We have a very small system with VMware Essentials. 1 host (no vcenter installed)1 virtual server2 virtual pc's How can we do cost effective backups in case of disaster?Should we use Acronis?...
View ArticleVADP backup server files, how to copy in USB drive ?
VADP 5.1.1 running in my environment and need to take a backup in USB drive because VADP configured on local server storage. NO NAS/SAN available and servers running from local server storage as well....
View ArticleStuck on 5.0 because I don't want VDP...5.5 version any better?
Running a 5.0 environment with VDR 2.0.1 and while it is not great, for the most part it works. After reading so many horror stories and limitations with VDP I have been avoiding 5.1 updates but with...
View ArticleVDP Questions
Hi I'm new to VDP and was hoping some of you may be able to answer some questions? 1. If you use VDP to backup and replicate VMs from Site A to Site B, do you use this as a replacement for SAN...
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Management service start failed and MCS service down, an error is something...
Hi, everybody I have a problem about management service on VDP start failed and I can't get into VDP panel on Vsphere Client. I have faced this problem last 2 month and it was solved by deploying new...
View ArticleFailed to create NFC download stream.
Hi We use Veeam BR to backup our Vmware environment, recently we have started so see Failed to create NFC download stream. The strange thing isthat Veeam retryies the job and then it goes sucessfull....
View ArticleVDP 5.5 Emergency Restore: Could not create restore task
Trying to recover a VM via VDP 5.5 Emergency RestoreDisassociated ESXi from vcenter. Can connect to ESXi by either DNS or IP. Selecting datastore with enough disk space. Using a unique VM name. Upon...
View ArticleData Protection Advanced Sizing
Hi all, I have a question which i have been unable to find an answer to in VMware documentation. Whilst VMware documentation details the requirements for VDPA instance sizes and their disk...
View ArticleMigration
HiI Have one existing datacenter ( Blade server with storage) with 15 VM, EXSI version is 4 now I am going to install new 5.1 on new blade server and storage, how I can migrate old vms to the new...
View ArticleVDP Advanced -> Replication
The product documentation for 5.5 VDP Advanced states "VDP Advanced virtual appliance can replicate backup data to another VDP Advanced appliance"This implies that the backup data is protected and can...
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