VDP using NFS storage
Hi I have 2 VDP appliance sitting on QNAP storage (nfs), unfortunately the VM -> datastore -> nfs -> qnap is failing I am not getting the through put I would like. I have noticed that I do...
View Articlevdp backup report
how do I generate a vdp backup report on the current schedules and backup jobs - when they are backed up and retention policy?
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot for vm error -3960
Hi,I am using VDR and getting this error for one of VMs. Failed to create snapshot for vmname, error -3960 ( cannot quiesce virtual machine)Taking the sanpshot manually with quiesce enabled works just...
View ArticleHow to reduce downtime
Hi guys, my customer asks me for providing a solution to allow him to apply planned maintenance to the Sql Server and Application server with minor impact on production (reducing downtime).It means...
View ArticleVDP - File Level Restore - UAC Issue
Hi @all! I've installed VDP-Appliance as documented and have successful made backups for all VM's in my Cluster (3 ESXi-Hosts).Today I tried to use the feature "file level recovery" for some...
View ArticleVDP not sending Summary Report since Sunday (time change).
I just noticed that the (4) VDP appliances I am testing all stopped sending the Email Summary Report after the Daylight Savings time change on Sunday. the last report was generated Sunday morning at...
View ArticleBackup Cannot be performed while VDP Server is in Admin state
After a few days of good VDP working i noticed in the event viewer several errors like this:VDP: Appliance has changed from Full Access to Read Only. Backup functionality is no longer...
View ArticleStorage device is 90% full
HI I moved my VDP from 1 VC to another, unregistered and re registered, had to rebuild my VC after I got some support from VMWare GRRR... Any way I am backing up the same machines and I was sitting at...
View ArticleVDR to VDP Migration | Fails to Attach VDR
Hey there, after our upgrade to vsphere 5.1 / vCenter 5.1 we're trying to get rid of the old VDR Appliance and migrate to VDP. So i deployed one VDP Appliance, shut down the old VDR, took a Snapshot...
View ArticleVDR to VDP Migration error
I am trying to perform a migration from Vmware Data Recovery 2.0 to vSphere Data Protection 5.1 2.0TB (Standard). vCenter 5.1u1 in managing a single ESXi4.1 host which is running all of my VMs and both...
View ArticleVDP troubleshooting basics
Hi everyone,Some weeks ago I started moving from VDR to VDP since I had problems with VDR and VDR is no more supported in 5.1.At start so far so good but now I have backup errors on half my backup...
View ArticleIntegrity check error Data Protection
Hi All, I have a problem with my DataProtection version 5.11.1.3 (vsphere 5) The Automatic Integrity check failed and I'm not able to do it by myself.When I do a manual integrity check an error message...
View ArticleVirtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hi, We have VSphere 5.0 and would like to find easy way to backup virtual machines not only file level but in case of some problems we would like to be able to easy restore virtual machine as cost of...
View ArticleCA ArcServe: Unable to map the VM volume to a VM disk image file
Hi, Although this isn't strictly a VMware issue i was wondering if anyone could help me out. My VMware RAW backup using CA Arcserve 12.5 has started to fail with error: AW0551 2010-02-15 12:13:03...
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VMware Data Recovery 2.01 - Destination Disk Mounted but does not get Ready
Hello everyone, I have ecounter this issue weird issue with VMware Data Recovery 2.01 where the destination disk gets Mounted but does not get Ready as you can see below. I can´t find a solution for...
View ArticleLUN signature after RAID controller replacement
I have the following scenario: I got a Cisco UCS server with a LSI controller. I needed to replace the controller for another one, same specs, different model. I did the physical replacement, powered...
View ArticleCan VDP send syslog events?
I've been unable to determine if the VDP software can send events/logs to a syslog server. I've checked all the documentation I can find and multiple searches on Google and VMware's forums, but have...
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...
View ArticleBackup of vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Appliance
Hi everyone, Is there a way to backup VDP Appliance in case it fails I can use the backup to just fireup and reuse the backups? Many of my clients are having issue with VDP where the appliance just...
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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...
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