Need to know the difference between the commands "service...
Hi, I was facing an issue of "Time Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance". After going through a lot of forums, I got it resolved by running the below commands: SSHed to the vCenter Appliance:#...
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 Articleesx5i backup best practise for remote locations
we ship certain rack servers running esx5i to remote locations and would want to have ability to restore to any new server shipped if our primary server failsWhat would be considered a safe and best...
View ArticleWhat does IllegalArgumentException - ArrayOfAnyType.anyType means?
Hi, I am working on the log analysis of VMware VSphere 5.0 and it throws the below exception: ERROR 2014-04-25 10:14:06,425 Collectors.3527.wGroup.[workinggroup0].Sensor.[Sensor_1] Thread-18 Exception...
View ArticleVDR - Folders? Any kind of structure?!
Hi, I have just upgraded one host to vSphere 5 in my environment and have been trying out VDR 2.0 It seems to be working well at the moment (fingers crossed), but I was wondering if there was any way...
View ArticleCan't connect to VDP behind NAT with local IP
I recently set up a backup server behind a NAT, in addition to my main server, which is connected directly to the internet.I have a (trial) vCenter server/VM on that main server, where I'm running...
View ArticleVDP advanced-- settings for MS SQL server
What is the best practice for backing up an active SQL database. Assuming the recovery model is full, is it best to select full database backup every week or so, with force incremental after full...
View ArticleISCSI Target Backups
VDP 5.5. Question, in the image backup, does VDP backup and ISCS targets that the host has "connected" to it? Is there anyway to turn iscsi targets within the vm on/off from the backups?Thanks,Robin.
View ArticleExchange 2010 Backup
Hi, We have 6 Exchange 2010 (sp1) servers, 3 of them are mailbox servers set up in DAG. (we are running vsphere 5.1 u1 with ESXi 5.1 u2, 5 hosts in HA/DRS cluster) I don't know where to start with...
View ArticleBackup on Tape Autoloader
Hi, We are running two host on Esxi on 5.5 on HP DL380G8 Servers. Planning to have backup of critical files,DB offsite as well.May be whole VM we can backup or specific files or DB we may backup on HP...
View ArticleVDP failed backups and incorrect backup job information
I am guessing these are just some of the "quirks" of VDP 5.5.6.56 and being sorta free I am not expecting everything to run smoothly...but there are a couple of things I would like to see if they can...
View ArticleExchange backup failure
Scenario:SBS 2011. Exchange.Attempting to use VDP advanced to backup. Backup client loads successfully and points properly to VDP server. MAPI CDO version 6.5.8224 successfully installed on server....
View ArticleVDPA Data Protection Advanced license for DR site
Hi, For VDPA, if I havee.g.6 CPU in primary site2 CPU in DR siteand I would like to have offsite backup of backup in DR site by Data Protection Replicaton, do I need to purchase 8 VDPA CPU license or...
View ArticlevDP Restore Fails On Machine under vSphere Replication
We have several VMs that are configured to use vSphere Replication. I backed up one of these, and did a trial restore, after a few seconds it fails with the error:"Invalid or unsupported virtual...
View Articlevdp-configure error message "cannot proceed because the appliance already has...
I am trying to deploy vSphere Data Protection 5.5 ova appliance.I am on my third attempt at installation; the previous two installed vm's I have deleted (or at least what I could find of them) after...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 - unexpected error 10058
new vdp 5.5 appliance 1TB connected to a vcenter 5.5 applianceconfigured a dozen or so backups that are working. have 3 vm's that get "An unexpected error occurred with the following error code: 10058"...
View ArticleProblem with time zone and configuration of time in VMware Data Protection 5.5.6
1. Al VDP connect the following message appears: "The most recent request has-been rejected by the VDP Appliance." refers to NTP settings. there is a difference of 17 minutes. 2. While setting NTP for...
View ArticleFile Level Recovery Limitations
Does anybody know if deduplicated NTFS and EXT4 will be supported in next version of VDP (or VDPA)?
View ArticleSnapshot backup failed due to VM quiescing
Hi All,When we take snapshot through NetApp VSC plugin most of the VMs not backed up due to the below error. Is there any other method available? How can i fix this? Please suggest me on this.Date-WARN...
View Articlesnapshots, VMware Tools, VSS and application consistency
I'm trying to understand if a snapshots of a windows 2008 R2 VM that's running inside an ESXi 5.1 with just a scsi disk is application consistent or not.Reading here it seems yes, it's app consistent...
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