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 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 ArticleRecreate a virtual machine vmdk
I was using the Vsphere client trying to restart a windows 7 machine. The machine had it's primary OS on datastore1 and three 2tb drives labeled 2tbA 2tbB and 2tbC. The only actual data was on the OS...
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 ArticleVDP backup schedule
Dear guys, is it possible to schedule a backup e.g. every 2 hours on VDP ? i see only daily options maximum
View ArticleVDP 5.5 chokes on vCenter (Appliance 5.5) certificates
Hi, I just changed our vCAs self-signed certificates, replaced them with certificates from our internal CA.I followed VMware KB: Configuring Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates for vCenter...
View ArticleVDP CPU Usage
Hi All,I recently deployed a VDP appliance to replace VDR in our 5.1 enviroment, backing up through a FC EMC CX3-40f SATA array. As soon as I setup the appliance (which was a nightmare due to the DNS...
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 ArticlevDP simply does not work
I have almost had it with this product (or at least this release).I did a very simple Backup of my VM, and tried to do a restore. The VM is running Ubuntu (if that makes any difference)?, and its VMDK...
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 ArticleVM Backup strategy
Hi All, I have just set up ESXi on my server and I will be running a few VMs as a home lab. I have 4 HDDs and since my server only has software RAID ESX doesn't work with this. How else can I back up...
View ArticleBackup Solution for new ESXi 5.5 Cluster.
All, We have built a new Cluster on ESXi 5.5 with 2 DL380 G8 servers (hosts) and a HP Storevirtual 4330 connected via iSCSI for SAN storage. All iSCSI have 4 NICs attached to a iSCSI 1GB Switch.The HP...
View ArticleVDP User Read Only
hi guysI need to create a read only user with VDP read only access but when I logging using a read Only user I see no VDP link to get into VDP and check backups status.anyone knows whats need to be...
View ArticleVDP backup failed
Hi, VDP backup failed with below error. "Error: An attempt was made to backup a client in a group failed because the client does not have any data matching the data target specified in the dataset."...
View ArticleClone fails with error: error caused by file vm/vm-0000002.vmdk
I was trying to make backup to a the vcenter vm with Veeam B&R 6.5 last patch, and i got the followed error: timed out waiting for all VDDK disks to close, so i tried to fix the error restarting...
View ArticleFull and incremental backup in VDP
Hi, How to configure VDP backup for full and incremental level? So, far I found there is no option for full Or incremental. It is the retention period can determine the backup type? I set retention...
View ArticleVDP configuration shows license but backup will not run; cluster or host not...
I am evaluating VDP Advanced wtih vCenter 5.5 also with an eval license. The VDP show up in vCenter. I can add the license to the configuration tab and assign to a host but when I configure a backup,...
View ArticleDoes VDP support multiple data stores?
I noted that VPD has limit of 2TB data store and 8TB for VDPA. Can I create multiple data stores if I have data size more than that?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleVM Direct Path - NIC teaming (VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices)
Hi, Quesion on if this will work and if it's sensible.; Software: Running ESX 5.1 U1 (standard licence so no dVSwitches) Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380p, 3 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 and RAW Disk
Hi all, Im just checking the VDP 5.5.Im stuck with the RAW's and backup/recovery of guests with this hd'sI know that is not supported to backup such HD's but I thought i can just backup the guest...
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