How to freeing up space in VDP with the capacity health check limit reached?
Used Capacity on one of our VDP reached 96.46% and Backup Scheduler was stopped. I'm able to start Backup Scheduler. But although I deleted many backups the used capacity is still the same. Is any way...
View ArticleMove snapshot files to a different datastore?
Greetings! We have a client that has very limited bandwidth to replicate their data between data centers. Purchasing additional bandwidth is a challenge due to the location of primary and secondary...
View ArticleUnable to upgrade to vdp 6.0 to 6.1
Hi All, I'm in the middle of upgrading vdp from 6.0 to 6.1 (mainly due to the high cpu java bug that's fixed in 6.1) I've deployed the ova and am currently stuck trying to migrate my old appliance to...
View ArticleDifferent Color Icons in the Restore Tab
Can someone point me to some documentation that explains what the different colored icons mean when I select a guest to restore? Some of the backups are Orange icons some of the backups are green with...
View ArticlevSphere upgrade from version 5.0 to 6.0
Current vSphere version is 5.0All VM were backed up using HP data protector using Traditional Method (i.e. Backup agent installed on the guest operating system and were back up) Plan is to upgrade the...
View Articlevmware data protection new version
hello can we have some news on a possible new version of vdp ?thanks,
View ArticleRestore Client - login to
Hi, VDP 6.1. I'm studying how to do file level recovery and Admin Guide says I must access the VDP Restore Client:https://<IP_address_of _VDP_appliance>:8543/flrIt's asking me for username and...
View ArticleI have the VMs backup and ESXi config backup but what about the other stuff
I have a backup of my VMs and ESXi configuration made by xsibackup software, but what about other stuff , how do I backup that? For examble, the xsibackup own directory is data that is not included on...
View ArticleMS SQL agent does not register with VDP
Does anyone know how to re-register a SQL agent with the target VDP appliance?I installed the Microsoft SQL Server agent on a server. During install, I type in the FQDN (not the ip address) of the...
View ArticleBroken on vCenter 6 + VDP 6.1.2
Dear All, We did trying to deployment on vCenter 6 U3 with VDP 6.1.2 however it seem everything is broken up. We are unable to access the VDP on Web Interface. Did anyone having the same issue? Screen...
View ArticleDaterecovery process suddenly started repeatedly crashing
Hello, Our Data Recovery appliances started crashing. The appliance VM itself is running OK, but the datarecovery service is crashing after the service starts.So all of the appliances are actually...
View ArticleVDP Replication Job stuck at 92%
This is a new setup I'm testing before rolling it out to all my sites. I have a replication job configured that only has one small VM of about 20GB but it never gets past 92%. It spawns a destination...
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 ArticleVDR backup failing for all VM's in one appliance
hello VDR backup is failing with following error messages, could you tell me what would be the wrong We checked shared path, all are working fine, 12/8/2014 9:33:33 AM: Can't save "Config10.bak", error...
View ArticleBacking up SQL
Hi All having an issue with trying to get the VDP backing up my SQL Databases I installed the plugin on my SQL Server we are running Microsoft SQL 2012 Server on a Windows Server 2012 when i try and...
View ArticleVDP 5.8 and 6.1 deployment wizard loop.
I have deployed many VDP's, but the last week I am running into an issue. I deploy the ovf fine.after adding memory I boot up the new vdp.when vdp is started I can access the vdp configuration...
View ArticlePoll: Observed vDP deduplication ratios
Hi, would appreciate if people would share the vDP deduplication ratios from their enviornments. I'm trying to come up with a solid average ratio I could use in our future production backup storage...
View ArticleVDP 6.1 and TLS 1.2
I know in the release notes of 6.1 the following defect was fixed.243524 - Enable TLS 1.2 and disable TLS 1.0 for external port access However our scans show :port 443TLS v1.2 is not enabled on this...
View ArticleVDP 6.0.3.3 after vCenter server upgrade to 5.5 update 3e is not working
Hello, I am running VDP 6.0.3.3. Before I upgraded my vCenter Server from 5.5u3b to 5.5u3e, I consulted Vmware interoperability matrixes to see that there should be no problem. But the opposite has...
View ArticleVMWare VDP 5.5 Backup Problem - MSG_ERR_OFFLINE
Hi guys, I've run into an issue with my VDP backups. They keep failing with a "MSG_ERR_OFFLINE" message. I was able to successfully perform a full manual integrity check without issue using the...
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