VMWare and Tape Libraries
I am trying to do a direct passthrough of a dell pv124t tape library to a W2K8r2 vm. The vm sees the SAS card that the library is attached to with no issues, but the library is not showing up in...
View ArticleThoughts on Acronis Backup & Recovery solution for VMware
Hello, I am just trying to get thoughts on this solution. We have implemented it. But damnn...CPU spikes on 100% and disk latencies I called Acronis, and they said is normal. Any insights from you guys..?
View ArticleVDP creating multiple user sessions
Greetings, I noticed that the VDP appliance creates multiple user sessions per appliance.I've been seeing this on the GUI client under Sessions.Is this normal behavior?I note at least 5 Active...
View ArticleFLR doesn't expand file tree on 1 of 2 VDP appliances
Advanced Login, 2 tabs open in same browser, each connected to an appliance. Happen to have older and more recent backups from same VM on either appliance. Backups mount in both but the file tree - for...
View ArticleTime Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance
Hello, I installed vDP in lab environment to test the product. Everything was working well for few days. Since Saturday, I am facing with this error “the most common cause for this error is that the...
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Application Restore Failure VDP Advanced
Hello, i have small Testenviroment (4 Hosts with SAN) vSphere 5.1 (Host and vCenter). The Version from VDP Advanced is 5.1.20.24. I tested the Application Funktion SQL Backup and Restore ... i have...
View ArticleHow do you find out the size of backups in VDP
Hi guys, I am new with VDP and was wondering if someone can tell me how I can find out the size of a my backup. What I am trying to do is compare the backups of two consecutive days and see how much of...
View Articlecould not backup windows 2008 64 vm using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
View ArticleCannot Backup Virtual Machine using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
View ArticleAll VDP Servers Stopped working
We have 8 VDP servers running in our environment and about 10 days ago they all stopped working. We haven't made changes to the firewalls nor have we made changes to vCenter but when I tail this log...
View ArticleVDP upgrade?
I'm trying to test upgrading the VDP appliance from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 via the upgrade iso package and following the upgrade instructions in the VDP admin guide. I get as far as step 10 in the installing...
View ArticleCould not connect requested vdp appliance
Hi, I have vmware vsphere 5.1 deployed & i m using vdp 5.1 appliance for disk based backup & restore of vm's. Initially when i deployed vdp appliance it's working fine, the only issue i faced...
View ArticleVADP Recovery Issues for SRM Protected VM
We get the following error when trying to recover a VADP image level backup for a virtual machine which has been protected using SRM: Invalid or unsupported virtual machine configuration.vSphere...
View ArticleReplicate VDP appliance as a backup AND DR strategy?
Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right spot or not...but here goes. I have VDP deployed, and it works great. However, my concerns are also for DR, not just backups of data. So, I was...
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VDP integrity check fails
One of my VDP appliances won't run integrity checks. When I try to run an integrity check manually I get the following error. My issue is almost identical to the following...
View Articlewhat NIC(s) does VDR v2 use to move data?
Hi all, We use VDR version 2 and I was wondering what NIC does it use to pull the snapshot data? My guess is all that traffic stays on the iSCSI NIC since it is pulling the info from the VMDK file and...
View ArticleVDP Upgrade: connect iso on power on?
I was wondering if the vdp upgrade iso needs to be configured in vm settings to connect on power on or just connected. The upgrade guide mentioned it could take a few hours to upgrade but I'm assuming...
View ArticleVsphere data protection
Hi all.I have install two vsphere data protection vm and I note some problems during backup windows.In the log of virtual machine I see message like that:"Backup scheduler is not running" and after 10...
View ArticleBackup Guest OS
Hello, What are you suggestions to backup a Guest OS on a ESXi 4.1. The plan is to upgrade hosts to ESXi 5.1.- Taking Snapshots is not an option, there is no space.- Download Guest OS to another...
View ArticleCan VDP send syslog events?
I've been unable to determine if the VDP software can send events/logs to a syslog server. I've checked all the documentation I can find and multiple searches on Google and VMware's forums, but have...
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