VDP Restore Thin-Provisoned as Thick-Provisioned ?
Hi, Community. I'm currently use VDP 5.1.10 to backup my environment. and I try to restore vm from backup but have some problem. almost of vm in my environment is thin-provision disk but when I restore...
View ArticleBuffalo Linkstaion for Backup
Hi Guys, one Question more.I need a NAS to Backup the VM's.Which Model of Buffalo Linkstation with RAID 1 or 5 is the right one, to use as Backup in a VMWare/vSphere 5 Environment ?I think the...
View ArticleCan´t use SAN transfer mode after update to 5.1.0 u1
Good morning, After the update from 5.1.0 to 5.1.0 U1 Build 36098 we are not able to run backups with the SAN mode. Before update:2013-06-14T16:00:54.016+02:00 [16168 trivia 'transport'] Transport...
View ArticleCan't Download VM Files using Datastore Browser in vSphere Client 5.1
I have a powered on virtual machine that I am trying to copy over into a lab environment without having to power it off. I'm not able to download the VM files using the Datastore Browser in vSphere...
View ArticleChange VC VDP is registered with
Hi I am in the process of rebuilding my VC.... my old one is working like a dog, after being fixed by VMWare support. Had issues installing client certificates ... Anyway.. I go to re register the VDP...
View ArticleCan not ping esxi servers thru data recovery appliance
Hello I have VMware 4.1 esxi servers that are on 192.168.1.x network. Each has a network connected to 10.64.236.x. I also have a vconsole connected to both esxi servers. I have verified ports 443,...
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installation error
hi,i have a problem in completing the installation of VDP its something i think in the domain name .and i did what written in this link but nothing changed the link : VMware KB: IP/DNS could not be...
View ArticleDifferences between VDP and Vmware data recovery
hi, I wonder if vSphere5.1 has changed the name of vmware data recovery to VMware Data Protection(VDP).I found the download link shows Vmware data recovery before vSphere5.0 and Vmware data protection...
View ArticlevDP - Sick of being a beta tester
I am really tired of VMWare releasing half-finished software and expecting end users to be beta testers. First it was SSO (what a disaster that was/is), and now vDP - what is going on with this...
View ArticleCBT overstating changes?
My replication software is saying that CBT is massively overstating the amount of changes to a degree where incremental replicas are made 100% from scratch (ie full replica, not just the changes). Are...
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Safe to delete snapshot from failed vdp backup
Hi I had some backups fail last night and on 4 VMs I can see a snapshot that the VDP appliance made during the backup but was unable to remove automatically. (I assume)Since these are some pretty...
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VDP Fails with Error E10052 - Seems VMs freeze while VDP backs up.
Hello Everyone, So, I'm working with VDP and trying to backup 7 vms. I don't have this issue at any other client of ours. I have a client that the VDP runs at the default time set and fails to...
View ArticleVDP starts backup at wrong time
My schedule is:Start backup: 11pm UTC (1am Local time). My local time is CEST (Spain).Start blackout: 5am UTC (7am Local time)Start Maintenance: 8am UTC (10am Local time) But i'm watching realtime what...
View ArticleESX5.1 & VDP .. 2008R2 and app consistent backups
Hi I remember reading about issues with VDP and Snap shotting and app consistent backups. I have a W2k8r2 machine that i have reboot several times and it still seems to have the same issue I found this...
View Articledeleted scheduled backups still attempting to run
I have a VDP install that I setup to backup some remote servers until I got a chance to do a local install at the site. I have since setup the local install and deleted the original jobs. The problem...
View ArticleUsing VDP with Data Domain
Hi, I have the following two question regarding VDP: 1. Can VDP work with Data Domain or it must be Avamar? 2. Is DNS a must or simply populating IP and host name in the /etc/hosts file sufficient?...
View ArticleVDP on thin disk (free space
Hi, I wish tho test VDP before leaving VDR.I have read in the documentation we can use thin disk rather than thick disk to install VDP (I have not enough space disk). But I don"t see this option...
View ArticlevDR with vSphere 5.1 (Don't want VDP!)
We have two vSphere/ESXi installations, one (the primary setup) running vSphere5.0U1 with a 3-node ESXi 5.0U1 cluster, the other (secondary) is vSphere 5.1 with another 3-node ESXi 5.0U1 cluster. I...
View ArticleSlow restore speed of virtual machine
Hello! I have a question about slow restore speed of virtual machine. Backup speed of 8 VM (parallel) is about 900...950 GBytes per hour Restore speed of one VM on VMFS through SAN is only 75...80...
View ArticleWhy does the snapshot process hang my VM's
Good Morning All, Thanks for taking the time to look! I have an issue with numerous virtual servers on our server estate. When VEEAM backs-up the server it takes a snapshot, when the back-up is...
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