Unable to connect do VDP 5.8
Hello, I can't connect to VDP..Errors:1. VDP plugin not present in Home screen of Vsphere - I already removed the plugin from ExtensionManager 5 times.. 2. VDP plugin present on the left sidebar, but I...
View Articleselective backup and restore issue
We want to use VDP as DR solution, to quickly bring up VMs in case theVM somehow should get lost (e.g. accidentally deleted). For some VMs that contain large data disks (several 2TB vdisks) wewanted to...
View ArticleVDP Restore client don't show .pptx extension files to restore
I can't restore all type of files with the VDP Restore Client. Is this normal? Can I change this somehow? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleVDP 6.1 Internal Proxy Error
Hello, After a Storage VMotion of the VDP appliance, it became unresponsive. I'm not able to manage it through vCenter nor its web interface. I guess it's something related to its internal proxy. When...
View ArticleDoes VDP 6.1 have user logging capabilities?
Hello, I'm fairly inexperienced with VDP, so if this an obvious or silly question, I apologize in advance. I've checked the admin guide and some basic Googling, but to no avail. From time to time, VMs...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between VDP and VSC? Which should I use?
Hello, Turns out we have a multitude of backup solutions running for our VM environment. We're running vCenter 6.0, VDP 6.1, VSC 6.2P1, SnapManager for SQL and SnapMirror jobs set up in OnCommand...
View ArticleUse fault tolerance to recover from disaster without downtime.. possible?
Hi, I have two identical datacenters in diferent locations in my company and I'm planning to make them reduntant and high available, without downtime in case of failure. I was considering to buy a SRM...
View ArticleVDP update (5.1.11 to 5.8.1)
Hi ! I have tow vdp appliance to updatei decide to update then both. for the first one the update go well. we get a 5.8.1 vdp for the second, it breaks at 65%. The error in the logs : not space left;...
View ArticlenumIOs sizes
Hi Folks. I'm starting to play with VDP... (6.1.2)I'm backing up a large VM, and as experienced by everyone, the vSphere Client shows 92%. Looking at the logs, I can see that progress is being made,...
View Articlevdp update
hi ! is it possible to execute a vdp update from command line( and not from vdp-configure interface ) ? thanks regards
View ArticleStorage DRS not moving vSphere Replication replicas
Hi, It seems that Storage DRS isn't detecting the vR replicas on the target site. I have an alarm of datastore usage that is above 85% and SDRS does nothing. I'm using vR 6.1 and replications are...
View ArticleVDP problems - need help to force restore of mcs
Dear all, I have been knocking my VDP about trying to fix it. It had lost data02, and I got that back by running a filecheck discarding the metadata stuff. So, I was then able to gain access to the...
View ArticleVDP SQL Application restore
Hi every one, I am doing some test with DP 6.0 and the SQL backup, I have been doing some backups but I could not restore any of the backups yet.Every time is the same error no matter if I do some...
View ArticleVDP 6.0 backup of SQL 2012 SP2 fails with "Error"
VDP 6.0vSphere 6.0SQL 2012 SP2 running on Windows 2012 R2 Installed and configured a single database with the 64bit SQL Agent, Made sure the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account had sysadmin role. Run backups...
View ArticleVDP: Cannot access datastore
Hello ! I have a problem.Every day I see error for one of my servers in "Reports": 2016-07-05T06:00:47.971+06:00 error -[7F2F3FA5E700] [Originator@6876 sub=transport] Cannot use mode hotadd to...
View ArticleVDP 6.1 "Error creating replication job. "
Creating my first VDP backup replication job. Trying to replicate backups between two independent sites connected over internet, each with a ASA firewall. Both sites VDP 6.1. Both sites use VDP 6.1 to...
View Articlemissing datasore
Guys go easy on me, I'm an Avaya UC engineer trying to learn some vmware skills, I've got my VCA-DCV6 and that's about my level at the moment! I've built a home lab, ESXi 5.5 with a range of Windows...
View ArticleAdd a nfs mount to fstab
I need to be able to add a NFS mount to my appliance for reporting tools. I don't need to be used for back up or storage.I've added it to fstab but when attempting to mount if I receive a return of...
View ArticleVDP 6.1 - reports from last week or month
Hello. In many our environments we use for now:VDP 6.1 If is possible to generate somehow some report if VM from last week or month successful completed backups ? Is only possible to configure in...
View ArticlevRanger to VDP
Has anyone switched from vRanger to VDP? How did you handle the transition with backups? We use vRanger today with DDBoost and plan to use DD with VDP as well but I'm concerned with space utilization...
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