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Vsphere Data Protection 5.5 - can't recover disk
Hello to all,Congrats on the community for these valuable resources. First time in the forum, so bear with me. Setup is the following:Vsphere Web Client 5.5 with Data Protection 5.5 (two appliances). I...
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How do I backup my modest ESXi implmentation?
A year ago I decided it was time to learn some VM. I went out and got a Dell R710 and installed the Dell optimized ESXi 6.0 software on it. I then went on to create 4 VM's, (2) Win 10, (1) UBuntu 18...
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backup SQL with VDP
Hi all, I have problems with SQL backup using VDP.I install the backup agent on the SQL Database servers, one of which appears in VDP. Left does not appear? So I can only backup a database...
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Restore Destination is blank - VDP FLR
I am having an issue trying to do a file restore using VDP 6.1. This is a fresh install and haven't been able to successfully restore a file. I log into the file level restore web client from a VM that...
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VDP 6.1 Limitation
We have about total of 50 to 80 VM of RHEL 7 that needs to have scheduled image backup with VDP 6.1 I read that VDP 6.1 has its limitation of scheduling at most 8 concurrent back task at a time. Is it...
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VDR Looping
I have a vdr backup that I need to recover a VM from. My problem is that each maintenance cycle takes 3 days, and some of the index is corrupt. So, In order to correct the index, I need to prevent...
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VDP storage capacity incorrect after datastore storage extend
Hello My VDP datastore as been extends to 3TB instead of 2.2TB, but actually the VDP Appliance doesn't see any changes. Is there a command to force the VDP appliance to rescan the storage ? , the VDP...
View ArticleVDR: Correct time configuration
Located in Germany, I installed a vSphere environment (all GA versions) with the appropriate time config.Hosts, Virtual Center and the Data Recovery VM are set to Europe/Berlin (GMT +2:00). After...
View ArticleVDR: Best Practice to backup VM's on local storage
This is not a real world scenario, but more a question for a better understanding! Given a configuration with 3 ESX hosts and vCenter (Essentials Plus), no shared storage. The VM's are stored on the...
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Connecting from vCenter Appliance 5.5 to VDP 5.8 hangs
I know it's old stuff but I really need to make it work. After going through all the workarounds possibly needed finally got VDP 5.8 (5.8.4.6) to deploy, configure and register with vcenter. First the...
View ArticleNeed a VMware Data Protection appliance for ESXI 5.1.0 upd 3
Hello!!!Tell me where I can download VMware Data Protection appliance for ESXI 5.1.0 upd 3Very necessary! thanks
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VM Snapshot with quiesce and Memory
I am running this command to take the VM Snapshot:New-Snapshot -VM $VM -Name test -Description test -Quiesce -Memory -RunAssync A snapshot with name 'test' is created successfully. However, when I...
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VDP 6.1 VA - FTP
Hello For VDP troubleshooting I have to access the 6.1 appliance with a FTP client. I can log in to the appliance as ROOT with the VDP GUI, root user password does not work with FTP client. What am I...
View ArticleVDP 6.1.10 upgrade issues
I successfully upgraded our two VDP 6.1.8 instances to 6.1.9, but having issues upgrading them to 6.1.10 now. The ISO mounts, but in the UI under 'Upgrade' it's showing "To upgrade your VDP appliance,...
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Backup failed canceled by user
hello i have this problème in my vdp 5.5.0 plz help me to resolve this problème when the job is running after 15 hours is stop and i see this message canceled by user
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vSphere Data Protection 6.1, add Data Domain 160
HelloI am trying to add DD160 as a backup storage, but I get an error:root@vdp:/usr/local/avamar/var/#: tailf ddrmaintlogs/ddrmaint.log Dec 13 17:53:33 vdp ddrmaint.bin[6858]: Info:...
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VDP Command question
Hi does anyone know the command to watch an active backup inside VDP in real time?I remember once there was a command I was able to run that there would be an automatic refresh every X seconds and I...
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vCenter Server Alarm for a missed RTO of a VM
Hi Folks, I have vDP 6.1 up and running without replication. It can backup and restore virtual machines successfully. Is it possible to create a vCenter Server Alarm if a RTO is missed for a VM under a...
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vSphere 6.5 VDP 6.1.4 VMware Tools outdated
Hello, This has been an ongoing issue with the last few VDP versions. I update vSphere to the latest version (in this case 6.5.0 5224529) and then the VMware tools on VDP appliances throws a warning...
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Backup software for Small VMware install.
Hello, We are going to purchase a small install of VMware, using VMWare Essential Plus pack. We are installing this on a Dell VRTX chassis with 2 Dell M series servers. We are in no way VMware...
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