Re: How to un-flatten a -flat
My apologies I took it that you were changing the RAID storage config and thus had to reinstall ESXi (and that this was the hassle) . CJ
View ArticleWhat is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Hello all, First time poster here. A group of people at my job have their own VMWare environment that they setup a while back. It has 3 VMs up and running on it and they want to bring up a fourth one....
View ArticleRe: Unable to configure vdp
I'm having a similar problem (vdp-configure is looping through initial config every time), except in my case this is my 2nd VDP appliance, and the 1st one (upgraded from 5.0 to 5.1) isn't having this...
View ArticleRe: What is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Hi,What operating system is the new virtual machine? if it is windows you could get around this particular problem by adding 4 x 250gb individual disks to the vm - in the vm then under computer...
View ArticleRe: What is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Hi, welcome to communities!! From researching, it looks like there is absolutely no way to get around this except to redo the datastore. Is this correct? yes, unfortunately there is no way to change...
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Re: What is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Unfortunately it is going to be Linux . It is interesting that you mentioned that workaround though because initially it was going to be a Windows machine and I loaded up 4-250GB drives for them, but...
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Re: What is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Thanks for the reply, this is exactly what I was looking for. I wasn't aware of the fact that I needed to register the VMX file, so thanks for bringing that up also.
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Re: Can not register VDP to vcenter
tdubb123 wrote: I was able o get this issue fixed by adding the administrator domain username. Even if the domain admin group is shown in vcenter, vdp will not recognize groups. It needs the exact...
View ArticleRe: VDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
This is actually a known issue with the VDP appliance. If you create an SR with VMware support, we have a fix to resolve this issue. If you are in a bind, look at /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy-?...
View ArticleRe: How to un-flatten a -flat
No problem. I assume the lack of response other than yours means this cannot be done...? H.
View ArticleBackup Solution with vmdirectpath enabled vm (esxi5.1) ?
Hi, has anyone a working solution for backing up a VM with vmdirectpath (AVM PCI Controller) without shutting down the guest ? may this possible in the future ? any rumors about ?Thanks-Armin
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View ArticleRe: VDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
So are the recent logs important? Is it ok to run something like: rm /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy-?/*.log Also, is the fix too complicated to post here? I could open a support request I just hate...
View ArticleVDP fails to start backup jobs
Hello all, I'm new in VDP. I try to run backup job in VDP, but job not started. In VDP I see failure status whitout any error code. VDP create snaphot and after that remove it. I read KB:...
View ArticleRe: VDP fails to start backup jobs
You might be seeing a different issue. I guess the proxies might not have initialized. Try rebooting the appliance once
View ArticleRe: VDP fails to start backup jobs
Are you trying to backup Windows 2008 r2 VMs. If yes , please set disk.EnableUUID = FALSE in the VM advanced configuration. Check kb article 2035736
View ArticleRe: VDP fails to start backup jobs
Not only Windows 2008 R2. Linux, win 2003 too.In Var-Proxy catalog log i found this:"2013-06-06 09:11:12 avvcbimage Error <12015>: Failed to connect to virtual disk [Diskname] VMS/VM.vmdk (16064)...
View ArticleRe: VDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
Check if this also helps.. The following moves the log directory to /space and creates a link. Create a file.touch /tmp/move.sh Make executablechmod +x /tmp/move.sh Paste in the following (below the...
View ArticleRe: VDP fails to start backup jobs
That entry looks like it is trying to do a hotadd of the disk (preferred method for backup) and it failed to do so. You should see an entry that shows : avvcbimage Info <9666>: Available...
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