Can VDP do incremental backup on files?
I can find that VDP Advanced supports incremental backup for SQL server, Exchange with the agent provided, but couldn't find that for files backup.Does VDP or VDPA support incremental file backup? Thanks.
View ArticleVDP incremental backups ?
Dear guys, so far i'm not able to say if with standard VDP version it is possible to have incremental backups, do you know if is it possible ?Cause i need to run full backup and many incremental, or...
View ArticleMissing Replication Tab on vdp
Not sure but at times the replication tab shows up and others it does not. Any ideas what could be causing this? This is regular vdp 5.5.1.356. I want to replicate to a vdp advanced but don't even have...
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 ArticleI can't manually hot-add one snapshot vmdk file to another VM.
Hi. Due to a backup issue, (hot-add jobs fail over to network mode), Veeam support suggest me to try to add a snapshot disk manually. I did the next steps: - Take one snapshot.- Edit settings of...
View Articleintergrity check keeps failing
Hi all, We have a ESX 5.5 with vCenter 5.5 and VMDR 2.0.2 environment, and our VMDR appliance keeps failing with the integrity check. Now I know how to solve it, by marking those points for deletion...
View ArticleConfigure VDP Appliance Twice, every time?
I don't believe there's anything special about our network or vCenter configuration. We're (still) attempting to roll out VDP, which has been a bit rocky thus far. I just recently downloaded the...
View ArticleVDP 5.5.5.180 cannot edit backup Job
Hi all,after a lot of tuning I have a working installation of vdp 5.5.5. I have a single backup job for 30 vms and everything seems working well.Now I need to edit my backup job but when I edit it...
View ArticlePre-Freeze and Post-Thaw script file types?
in the documentation it mentions that for windows, VMware will execute all of the scripts in c:\Program Files\VMware\VMwareTools\backupScipts.dor /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script I assume...
View ArticleBottleneck = source
Dear all, I am using ESXi 3.5 (Free version) and I am triailing Veeam Backup & Replication. The most I can get out of it is 5 - 6 Mb/s My VM is 570GB and the whole thing is taking 25 odd hours. Is...
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 ArticleNetBackup, Encryption, and VMware Policies
Is anyone using NetBackup with either KMS or MESO and doing full virtual machine backups? Any advice or words of wisdom with this setup? Thanks!
View ArticleVDP Now uses constant bandwidth even during blackout period
The initial issues I've had with VDP forced me to start fresh and make a completely new guest. I deployed an ova for the .5TB VM. I installed it to an NFS datastore. It all installed fine and is...
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 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 ArticleVeeam Nightmare
http://vbscs.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/veeam-nightmare/ I am IT consultant for a few companies and all of them use different software packages for the same purposes of virtualization and backup. All of...
View ArticleEnabling CBT for all ESX VMs ?
Hi, Does enabling CBT for all of the Virtual Machine that is managed by my Virtual Center is a good idea or not supposed to be due to the CBT overhead files ?Do I need to reboot all of the Virtual...
View Articlevdp appliance no space left on device
I got a no space left on device message on the vdp appliance so I went into /usr/local/avamaclient/var-proxy-x and delete one of the logs that was about 400-500mb there was one on each var-proxy-x...
View Articlevim-cmd not working in cli & SOAP session destroyed
I'm having trouble with using the vim-cmd at cli to get snapshots, get list of vm and things.They send out 3 kind of errors: Failed to login: vmodl.fault.SystemErrorFailed to login:...
View ArticleVmware data recovery vs vmware consolidated backup
I am just reading up on the new stuff on vmware and am just wondering whats the difference between these two? It seems so much easier to use vmware data recovery compared to VCB. Perhaps the only...
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