How do I backup my Veeam server?
I have two VM hosts with four guests each. One of those eight guests is a Veeam server. I would think, ideally, that the Veeam server should live on a server of its own. Regardless, how do I backup...
View Articlevsphere Data Protection 6.0 unable to connect to the request VDP appliance
Hello, After I doployed adn configured vsphere Data Protection 6.0 unable to connect to the request VDP applianceIt has error "Unable to connect to the request VDP Appliance"vCenter version : 6.0ESXi...
View ArticleVDP: Failed to attach disk
I'm evaluating vDP and have got the following trouble. After I changed SSL certificate at vCenter server, vDP jobs are failing permanently. In the log I can see that vDP is trying to connect to the...
View ArticleVDP 6.1 check if CBT is being used
We're having a customer doing a backup of a VM with a couple of TB's.But looks like CBT is not being used, scanning the disks takes more than 24hours and we had to extend the backup...
View ArticleHow to prevent startup of a VM when while performing backup
Hi, Is there any way to prevent users in vSphere Client from booting up a VM while you're performing a back-up?
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 ArticleMissing VDP Backup and Replication Jobs in VCenter web-client
I have a very weird issue. This morning I rebooted my two VDP appliances and since then all my Backup and Replication Job definitions are missing in the VCenter web-client GUI for both VDP appliances....
View ArticleVDP Resize Storage
Hello,i'm using the newest VPD appliance with 2 TB storage. Is it possible to resize (minimize) the storage? Thanks Dennis
View ArticleFailed to Backup VM - Failed to retrieve next FILE_PUT message
Hi All, I just got problem in my environment. Here it is: Before, the VM was backup normally during last 1 year. But, last week, the backup was failed. Here is failed notification: Processing SERVER-A...
View ArticleBackup VMs by host rather than cluster
Anyone knows if there's plans to allow VDP to backup VMs by host rather than by cluster? It's important that new VMs get added to backup schedule automatically and that's why we areusing by cluster...
View ArticleVDP Restart and hangs at /usr/local/vdr/configure/bin/checkforddrpreset.pl",...
I rebooted my VPD appliance 1 hr ago and it has sat at this line now for as long.. What can I do. THe schedules replication and backup have started and all are failing.
View ArticleVDP 6.0 "Select Destination" in FLR is blank
Hi all, Running Vsphere 5.5 U2, and VDP 6.0. I am using a Server 2012 R2 VM to attempt a FLR (file level restore) and I get all the way to the point where I select a destination to restore the file to....
View ArticleVDP scheduled backup of virtual machines has error (Manual backup = ok)
VDP Version: vdp 6.1.3.70vCenter Version: 6.0.0.20000 We have several VM backups that are stopping during a scheduled job. The errors we have is: Error Code: 10014Type: Scheduled Backup Error backup:...
View ArticleBacking up PSC and VCSA with VDP
I’ve been using VDP (currently v6.1.4) in my vSphere v6.5 environment for a few weeks now and love it. But I’ve been getting very mixed signals from some VMware folks saying it should never be used...
View ArticleVDP 6.1.3 Exchange 2013 Backup Issues
I have deployed a new VDP appliance and I set it up to run backups for my Exchange 2013 environment. I have a DAG setup with 3 mailbox servers and 2 Client Access Server that aren't in the DAG. The DAG...
View ArticleSimple & Low Cost BackUp & Data Recovery ?
Hi, Our setup: 4 VMWare hosts1 Vcenter VMWare esxcli = 5.1 or 5.5VCenter = 5.5We have Essentials Plus License Maybe around 60 VMs spread out among the 3-4 VMWare hosts. All VMs running Linux (All Linux...
View ArticleVDP stop working after domain administrator password change.
We recently changed domain administrator password and stop the domain administrator permission to the vCentre. Looks like now the VDP machine stop working.The symptoms are: cannot access VDP via web,...
View ArticlevSphere Data protection 6 : Folders and PowerCLI
Hi, VDP being a free backup solution that looks pretty cool I wanted to give it a try.After deploying the VDP appliance on my vCenter and quickly configuring it, I tried to create my first job to...
View ArticleExperience: Assign VDP to vCenter 6.5
Hi, does anyone have experience with assigning VDP to new vCenter Version 6.5? I know we have to upgrade our VDP to Version 6.1.3. Are there any issues we have to be afraid of? Cheers,Daniel
View ArticleVDP 5.5 list protected VMs
Hello everyone, Is there a way to export a of list all VMs being protected by a VDP appliance? (powershell command or just CLI command)I'm actually trying to build a report of all VMs protected by our...
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