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Acronis vmprotect
Hey all, just want to warn everyone that is considering to use Acronis vmprotect in their environment. Initially we used veeam and everything was fine. After we growth we must extend our licenses and...
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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 ArticlevSphere Data Recovery error -3948 ( vcb api exception)
Hi all, I have a problem with the data recovery, I am not able to backup my machines I only get following error: error -3948 ( vcb api exception) Hope anyone has a idea what this error mean and...
View ArticleError Messages in VDP
I have crate Backup Job in vSphere Data Protection 1 VM ... Server 2008 R2 ... 1 thin virtual Disk 40GB ... the Backup Job fails with Error message -> E10055:failed to attach disk Anybody same...
View ArticleSetting up environment for Replication
Hello,I need to propose a replication solution to a customer with low budget. I'll use the vmware replication appliance, but I have a dubt if my solution is working.See attached picture:in a vsphere...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection Advanced Capacity Expansion does not work
Hi together Does anybody tried to add additional disk space to vSphere Data Protection Advanced? Every attempt ends with the following error: 04/03/2013 13:50:51 PM: VDP: Unable to find controller...
View Articlepresenting esxi luns to windows machine for backup inquiry
We are going to be using commvaults vsa for backing up virtual machines. Prior to presenting any luns to the vsa machine i did automount disable and automount scrub and rebooted. I've presented some...
View ArticleAdvanced login vSphere Data Protection restore client fails
Dear All,I have a problem with the vSphere Data Protection Restore Client. Namely with the advanced option. If I use the basic login option I can get to my backed up VM and I can also restore a single...
View ArticleVCB with Commvault leaving behind open snapshots.
Hi, I am using Commvaut Simpana 8 with VCB. I am running VMWare Vsphere and doing a file level backup. It seems to work most of the time, but sometimes it leaves open shapshots. I looked through the...
View ArticleVDP VCenter Registration test failure
Hi,We have deployed a 0.5 TB VDP appliance but when going through the initial setup we get the following error: Specified user either is not a dedicated VDP user or does not have sufficient vCenter...
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 ArticlevSphere Data Protection 5.1.1 - No labels on restore points and tasks
Hello all, I haven't been able to find a KB or thread on this forum about this problem so I'll post my experience : Here are the symptoms :I can't see any labels in the various restore points of my VMs...
View ArticleUnable to login to VDP restore client
Hi I've just recently started to use the VDP and am trying to test the file level restore functionality.I'm unable to login to the restore client however. On a VM I have a backup of, I open IE and type...
View ArticleForgotten Password :-(
I seem to have forgotten the root password to our VDP appliance. Is there a way to crack it without having to deploy and new appliance?
View ArticleRemove VDP?
How do I completely remove VDP from my environment? I've found some instructions on-line but every VM still has com.vmware.vdr.is-protected and com.vmware.vdr.protected-by in their notes section.
View ArticleUtilizing vSphere Data Protection Appliance API
Im looking into the ability to utilize the vSphere Data Protector API to give customers the option of performing backups from their management area within vcloud. We are looking to deploy a newly...
View ArticleUnable to connect to upgraded VDR 2.0.1 (existing infrastructure)
Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble in my vCenter environment with the new version of VDR (new for us), 2.0.1. We currently have 7 2.0.0 VDR's running (relatively) flawlessly, however I'm trying to...
View ArticleVDP will not backup Server 2008 R2 - lots of errors
I just downloaded and installed new newest version of VDP on Vsphere 5.1. I had it back up two linux VMs....no probem. I then tried to have it back up a Windows 2008 R2 VM (twice)....both times it...
View ArticleVMWare x Backup Exec
Hi everybody!I talked with Symantec Support because I'm received the follow error im my job backup (Backup Exec 2012):An attempt to take a snapshot of a virtual machine failed because it was unable to...
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VDP display restore point
Hi, I have a problem with the restore point display. It's my firt install of VMware VDP. Is it normal ? An idee ? Thanks, Damien
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