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Re: Opinions on Symantec V-Ray vs Veeam
Michael3434 wrote:To my mind it is a good alternative to other backup products.Of course it is, considering that you work for this company
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Well, I take it back... The new time did NOT stick. I just went in to make a change, and noticed it is once again showing as 10PM. Any ideas? Screenshot attached.
View ArticleRe: VDP Cannot Set Start Time on Backup Jobs
The only other thing I did in my situation was modify my maintenance window from 5pm to 7am from the default. Not sure if that had anything to do with the affect on job start time? Good luck!
View ArticleRe: vDP 6.0 appliance performance in web client.
VMware released VDP 6.0.1.5 on 19th of May, this should include fixes for GUI issues. vSphere Data Protection (VDP) and VDP Advanced 6.0.1 Release Notes
View ArticleAfter installing VDP 5.5 - During the first boot getting - Ownership of...
Hi all's, I have created a second VDP since my first one has exeded the 100 VM's limit. When I boot for the first time I get the following. Waiting for network to come up (Attemp 1 of 10)....Appliance...
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I Modified that earlier without any change. I was told that some fixes to the scheduling are included in the new 6.0.1 update. I am installing that now. Hopefully they finally fixed an issue that I...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6 High CPU Usage
VDP 6.0.1 release notes says it fixes an issue with high CPU usage. Maybe one of your instances has email setup and the other does not. Possibly upgrading will resolve the issue. 225694CPU...
View ArticleRe: Reconnect to DDBoost share on DataDomain?
To connect VDP to an existing mtree you have to create a new VDP appliance and run CLI commands to restore the last checkpoint backup from the data domain. See page 88...
View ArticleRe: Reconnect to DDBoost share on DataDomain?
This paper might also be beneficial: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere-Data-Protection-Advanced-EMC-Data-Domain-Integration.pdf
View ArticleWhat happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
All,So perhaps this has already been answered somewhere else and if so could you point me in the right direction please? Basically the situation is the following. I have 2 sites ( primary and DR) and...
View ArticleRe: What happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
I think a lot of people are in this boat. I can share my story and how we decided to move forward. Originally we had a similar scenario where we would replicate the LUN the vdp was using. It was...
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Thanks for that advice and yes it seemed a little strange that something designed to help with backups had this single point of failure but good to know from your experience in the real world. So that...
View ArticleRe: What happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
VDP supports replicating backup data to one or more other VDP appliances. That way in a disaster where your primary (or even primary and secondary) site isn't available you could still do recoveries as...
View ArticleRe: What happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
I second GS's recommendation. Use VDP's built in replication - much more efficient, more reliable, encrypted, and very flexible (1:1, 1:N, N:1). Replication jobs can also be configured to use a...
View ArticleRe: What happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
If you don't want to or can't use replication (I'd love to hear more about why) another option is outlined in this blog post from jhunter@vmware on recovering a replicated VDP appliance.
View ArticleCBT backup size versus guest-OS modified file size
Hi! I administer a vSphere 5.5 environment using IBM Tivoli Storage Management for Virtual Environments (TSM-VE) as our backup solution. TSM-VE uses CBT to make incremental-forever backups of our VMs,...
View ArticleVSC storage replication - I/O error
Hi All, I've got question, when we try to switch to DR site, and mount datastore replicated with IBM VS, in vSphere (5.1) there is following error: An error occurred during host configuration.Operation...
View ArticleRe: CBT backup size versus guest-OS modified file size
I think this kind of scan is too simplistic, yes. If you want accurate numbers, then you should run a binary diff of two complete disk images. A few reasons I can think of from the top of my head why...
View ArticleRe: What happens existing VDP 6.0 backups if you need to re-deploy the...
Thanks all for your suggestions and ideas. Like I said new to using VDP so love the real world experience feedback and right now I do not see why I could not utilize replication either so I will take...
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