VDP Root filling up, possible tomcat issue?
Hi All, Quick background, VDP stopped working around a week ago, restarted and it started up again, then stopped again next day, same again. Got looking at logs and saw a load of disk full errors.Ran...
View ArticleVDP Datastore sizing
If i'll be backing up all virtual machines to a Data Domain, what size does my VDP storage need to be on the host storage system? Do I need to calculate it based on the VMs that will be backed up?
View ArticleBackup Solution: From Vcenter - NAS -Other Server (Disaster Recovery).
Hello, We are trying to implement a backup solution. This is the scenario: We have a server with a ESXI 6.0 and VCenter. There are three hosts running on it (three Virtual Machines on each host). This...
View ArticleESXi Infrastructure without shared Storage (HA Possible? Backup & Recovery...
I have a two node ESXi solution that I want to add redundancy to, the issue is I don't have any shared storage but want to offer HA or at best some disaster recovery options for the customer. Is HA...
View ArticleUnable to 'connect' to VDP after successful appliance deployment
Hi - I hope someone will be able to point me in the right direction to resolve this. I am trying to deploy the standard 2GB VDP 5.8.4 into a 5.5 environment.The .ova deploys without issue and powers...
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question about vdp sizing
Hi All, Does anyone know how vdp works when backing up a vm. I mean if i have a vm with 2 vmdk as below :Vmdk 1 size 100gb thick (used space is 30 gb)Vmdk 2 size 500gb thin (used space is 200 gb) How...
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backup esxi to google disk or dropbox
hi all, sorry for possibly repeating question, but maybe someone have done backup to dropbox or doodle drive using esxi script or Linux machine? Or I will need to have windows machine with esxi-cli and...
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VDP Backup Appliance will not start after deleting snapshots from locked VM
I have a VM that I couldn't delete snapshots for because they were locked. The snapshot manager didn't show any snapshots so they had to be deleted from the data store. I powered down the backup...
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Increase Performance of VDP
Hi, Any tips on what gives the most increase in performance for VDP backups where changes to the vms a very frequent e.g Databases (MySQL). I have tried Increasing the CPU and Memory which seems to...
View Article27 virtual servers performing backup and time is taking about 12 hours
I have a VDP with storage capacity of 2TB.There are 27 virtual servers performing backup. The total backup time is taking about 12 hours, I'm finding it very high time, someone went through something...
View ArticleVDP 6.01 log spew
My environment is a mixture of ESXI 5.1 and 5.5. Recently added two VDP 6.01 appliances running single backup jobs each with a third VDP 6.01 as a replicate appliance. I'm using six proxies on one...
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How do you keep several restore points?
I have used VEEAM and NAKIVO and each product allows for multiple restore points and does not delete all of the backups all at once. For instance, I have backups run ever evening and keep up to 10...
View ArticleHow to or Other Alternatives to Restoring SAP system on VMWare ESX with NO...
Hello All, We're exploring a proof of concept for Backup and Restoring an SAP systems on Windows system with Oracle database and we're on VMware ESX. SCENARIO: a patching for a certain maintenance went...
View ArticleDCUI and VpxUser
I accidentally changed permission to DCUI and VPXUSER and now I can't log in to the vSphere .. how can I go back in and switch it to administrator .. Please help franq80@gmail.com
View ArticleThe VMDK filename is not valid or present. Verify that the proxy was...
Hallo all, I have successfuly performed a backups of 20+ VMs using VDP. The VM's are installed in a SAN. When I try to perform a restore of individual files (flr method), I get the message: "The VMDK...
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Re: 27 virtual servers performing backup and time is taking about 12 hours
Did you run a VDP performance test and did it pass?
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VDP 6.1.2 appliance can't connect to vCenter after initial configuration
I've deployed VDP 6.1.2 and the configuration went smoothly (test connection to vCenter with proper permissions worked successfully), but after the the appliance rebooted it hung at 70% complete for...
View ArticleVMware Data Protection support for Exchange 2016
I couldn't find a specific section for VDP so posting here. The latest VDP 6.1 admin guide doesn't list Exchange 2016, does anyone know the timeline for it to be updated?
View ArticleVDP - sequental backuping?
I need to make a backup copy of seven VM for one night. If I just make the job with these VM, they will be processed at the same time that strongly loads a host. Whether it is possible to specify that...
View ArticleVDP QUESTIONS? VDP PERGUNTAS?
Hello, I did an online course VMWARE however, I got some questions about the VDP.a) I need AD or domain environment to use VDP?b) Windows machines that I will need to be in backup domain environment?...
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