Backup VDP appliance with VDP, a good idea ?
Hi, I'm using vsphere 5 with 3 esx V4 I'm testing VDP, as we can't backup on tapde the VDP data, I suggest to backup the VDP appliance (and data) with VDR on a CIFS folder. Then I will be able to...
View ArticleBackup vdpa Exchange 2013
Hallo My customer wants migrate to exchange 2013. Does anybody know at which time vdpa supports exchange 2013. Or at which point a could find the roadmap for vdp (vdpa) Thanks for any answere . Kindly...
View ArticleChance to Win VMware Backup Software Free for 1 Year
Throughout the summer of 2013 you can win a chance to receive VMware backup software free for 1 year just by clicking here and downloading a free trial.
View ArticleRetention Policy query
Hi Folks, I would need your assistance to understand retention policy of VDP.Unfortunately VMware document doesn't explain it so well. I want to backup a VM daily and retain the backup for 14 days....
View ArticleUrgent Recovery Help needed - crashed server, no backups
Here is the situation as it is now: 1. Power outage and upon restart had 1 drive marked bad by the RAID controller (HP).2. Replaced the drive only to have the rebuild stop at Interum Rebuild3....
View Articlere-attach VDP to new vCenter server
Hi all, I needed to wipe my vCenter server and start from scratch due to issues of naming conventions. Historic data loss was not going to be an issue. I cleanly powered down vDP and removed vCenter...
View ArticleVDP File-Level Restore with Server 2012
When I run a backup on a VM running Server 2012, and then attempt to browse that image at the file level using the vSphere Data Protection Restore Client, I can not do so. I can successfully mount, and...
View ArticleVDP not loading in web client
Just upgraded vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 and installed VDP along with it. The plug-in shows in the web client and I've configured VDP accordingly. All services (except for maintenance) are running on the VDP...
View Articlevdp backups
how are you doing backups on vdp? how many vms per vdp? Is your vdp on some cheap san disks? what I/O do you need on the vdp? what are the problems you are seeing or limitations?
View ArticleVDR related crashes
HI, We have a virtualized server environment running off 3 physical machine and uses a NAS for shared storage. Each machine has 2-3 VMs running on them, including CentOS and Windows Server 2008 R2....
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VDP integrity check fails
One of my VDP appliances won't run integrity checks. When I try to run an integrity check manually I get the following error. My issue is almost identical to the following...
View ArticleVDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
/usr/local/avamarclient folder seems to be full of huge log files. Are these safe to delete? 0 bytes left on / How could I have prevented this?
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VDP...why oh why or what am I doing wrong?
So I'm testing VDP as a backup solution for two VMs. The backups look like they are successful from the recent tasks pane in vCenter, however on mounting the backups in the FLR I see 0 files 0 folders...
View ArticleVDP Appliance died overnight
HI spent the weekend upgrading to the latest 5.1.11 image. it ran fine for 2 days, did backups did checkpoint ... not a problem. then I come in Wed and It says it has had a problem and to roll back to...
View ArticleVDP 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 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...
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