Unable to connect to upgraded VDR 2.0.1 (existing infrastructure)
Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble in my vCenter environment with the new version of VDR (new for us), 2.0.1. We currently have 7 2.0.0 VDR's running (relatively) flawlessly, however I'm trying to...
View ArticleSetup VDP fails during vCenter registration
Hi, I want to setup the vSphere Data Protection VM. The Import was successful.But after that I opened the Webbrowser, entered "https://IP-aress:8543/vdp-configure". At the side "vCenter registration" I...
View ArticleOff-site backup with VDP?
So currently we have vSphere Essentials Plus, with 3 ESXi 5.1 host machines, a dedicated vCenter Server and a ReadyNAS 3200. I'm using VMware Data Protection to do backups of each of the VMs each day,...
View ArticleCan't connect to VDR Appliance from vSphere
Hello, I'm having a heck of a time getting VDR working on one of my clusters and have been searching these forums trying just about everything I can think of. Hopefully someone can shed some light on...
View ArticleData Protection 5.1 will not start up - DNS error
We are small users with only 3 hosts. 2 hosts are running ESXi 4.1, and I am in the process of installing a new third host. We currently rely on Data Recovery and so the new, allegedly more robust,...
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 ArticleIntegrity Check Status -> Out of Date
hi guys It's been for a week or so my integrity check status is Out of Data.I try manually running it and it fails. All VDP services are up and running, VDP is at 86% storage utilization. Something...
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VM backups being created\stored to an NFS datastore are not accessible from...
Hello, I apologize if this has been asked before, I checked and was not able to find any post relating. I'm running a dedicated server with ESXi 5.1, and trying to create a backup of a Windows 2012...
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 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 ArticleBackup using VDP
Hi,We are running two node cluster running with essential plus kit on FC based shared storage.There are 2 vm on each host and running application and SQL database. We want to go for further...
View ArticlePre-freeze script never gets invoked on Linux VMs
While rolling out Symantec NetBackup 7.1 in our farm we have discovered an issue with our Linux guests. In a nutshell, we need to ensure a consistent EXT2/3 filesystem in the snapshot of our guests....
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 ArticleRestoring VM's using Netbackup to ESXi host
Hi,In my environment we use Symantec Netbackup 7.1. We backup VM's using our vCenter server to a Netbackup 5000 device & the backups are then copied out to our Disaster Recovery site over a 100MB...
View Articlesnapshot on Oracle and SQL servers
All, I am a big fan of snapshots for application servers, file servers, etc. I wanted some input on the behavior of taking snapshots of Oracle and SQL severs. Is it supported? I am no DBA, but it seems...
View ArticleCreating a snapshot with quiesce guest succeedes, but triggers vss-error in...
Hi I'm trying to backup my virtual DC, running Server 2008 R2. The Computer has all windows updates and Vmware Tools installed. When creating a snapshot (quiesce guest file system is active, but...
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Linux System Hang When VDP Start to Backup (Snapshot)
Hi all This situation happened when VDP Start to Backup. When snapshot begin. the Linux OS hang.Unless I restart the VM. The VM works again. This situation sometimes ,and happen on different VM. the...
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...
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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 ArticleCan't connect to Data Recovery Appliance
I keep running into this one error trying to set up Data Recovery. I have it installed and the appliance imported. I go into the Solutions and Applications section and the VMware Data Recovery screen....
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