ESXi host backup
In preparation for upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to 6.0, the best practices upgrade document strongly suggests that "you backup the host system". This is very sound advice, but how do you actually go about...
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Hi,I am Unable to powered on VM. Error : "could not open/create change tracking file". How create a CTK file. Please help me.
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Cannot login to VMware Data recovery web portal
When I attempt to sign in I receive the following error. Not sure when this started happening. What can I do to resolve this? "Unable to authenticate user. Please try again."
View ArticleVDP: Integrity Check stuck on 99%
I am running a VDP Integrity Check on our VDP 5.5 instance. The system has been stuck on 99% for over 24hrs. I am not seeing an Memory issues as per some documentations I have seen. I have rebooted the...
View Articlehow to exclude the backup of a drive in vmware mirage server
I want to ask that how to exclude the backup of a drive in vmware mirage server.
View ArticleDisaster Recovery VDP 6.0
Hi, I need a reality check of my VDP setup. SITE 1: VDP (A)SITE 2: VDP (B) I make primary backups to VDP(A). Then I use VDP replication to VDP (B) that is placed on a separate site. If site 1 and VDP...
View ArticleOpinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
We are looking at both of the products in the subject line for our DR solution. I can read all the marketing material till I'm blue in the face, however I wanted to here from people who are using them...
View ArticleVDP 6 Expand Storage Did not Rebalance files
I expanded the space on the VDP 6 appliance from 2TB to 4TB by expanding the files (from 3 to 6). But it is still showing over 80% full and growing after several days. It should be around 40% now....
View Articlehow to disable a user from taking backup of user drive in vmware mirage server
how to disable a user from taking backup of user drive in vmware mirage server
View ArticleVDP 6 High CPU Usage
Hi All, I have two VDP 6 instances. One week ago a saw that CPU usage on one of them is almost always 100%. The backup works, Second instance have about 20% CPU utilization. The diffrence I find:...
View ArticlevSphere 6 - Incremental backups of CBT enabled VMs
Hi, I'm testing with Backup Exec 15 the incremental backup of VMs.The flags for "ctkEnabled" and "scsi<x>:<x>.ctkEnabled" are both set and "True", the file "*-ctk.vmdk" also exists.There...
View ArticleWhat's causing VDP to fail installation? VDP: Configuring Install Storage...
I have been pulling my hair to figure out what's going on here. I can deploy the VDP ovf appliance fine, it's allowing setup to finish so I can start using it. It fails at the final stretch, during the...
View ArticleAfter installing VDP 5.5 - During the first boot getting - Ownership of...
Hi all's, I have created a second VDP since my first one has exeded the 100 VM's limit. When I boot for the first time I get the following. Waiting for network to come up (Attemp 1 of 10)....Appliance...
View ArticleVSC storage replication - I/O error
Hi All, I've got question, when we try to switch to DR site, and mount datastore replicated with IBM VS, in vSphere (5.1) there is following error: An error occurred during host configuration.Operation...
View ArticleCBT backup size versus guest-OS modified file size
Hi! I administer a vSphere 5.5 environment using IBM Tivoli Storage Management for Virtual Environments (TSM-VE) as our backup solution. TSM-VE uses CBT to make incremental-forever backups of our VMs,...
View ArticleWhat happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
All,So perhaps this has already been answered somewhere else and if so could you point me in the right direction please? Basically the situation is the following. I have 2 sites ( primary and DR) and...
View ArticleVDP DR
Dear Community We are currently running VDP 5.8.1.The disks used to store the VDP backups are replicated to the cloud. The replication does not take place during the VDP backup window.I have a...
View ArticleVDP Advanced 5.8.1 Exchange 2013 RegisterAgent error
Hi there, In our test environment I've installed VDP agent on Exchange 2013 vm without any issue. Then, because there were some issues on the exchange vm, I've decided to install another exchange with...
View ArticleVDP Advanced SQL Backup Agent don't show any database
Hello alli'm using VDP Advanced 6.0 i successfully installed the SQL backup Agent on a SQL 2012 server and added the required permissions for the BuiltIN NT System and it's currently showing all...
View ArticleFailed to Deploy OVF package: A general system error occurred: Failed to...
Hello,I am attempting to set up a Hortonworks sandbox on our VSphere 5.5 lab environment. We have deployed many times before and have had various problems, but this is a new one to me.After selecting...
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