VDP Appliance no longer useable after crash
Hi, we installed vCenter Server Appliance 6 and VDP Appliance. The web server of vCenter Server Appliance all the time is very slow and a few days ago it hung. After we restarted the vCenter Server...
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Re: Offsite backup options?
I think you ought to be looking at Veeam. It has numerous offsite and Cloud backup potentials
View ArticleIncrease CPU without increase of storage?
I"m currently running vSphere Data Protection 6.1 on a Windows 2012 server with vCenter 6U1. Is it possible to increase the number of cpus the vdp is using without increasing the storage as well? I'm...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.01 log spew
I am experiencing this same thing. Some of them result in error. My thought was it is a cleanup task at the replication target. But, I could be wrong. Would love to hear the explanation for this.
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.01 log spew
It stopped after I rebooted the replication target. It was really slowing VCSA down as it was logging all those entries.
View ArticleRe: Copy snapshot to cloud backup
I guess you should try using "Ahsay backup software" as this software can surely resolve your problem and most important i can give backup to large files as well. So give it a try.
View ArticleRe: Offsite backup options?
I'm using Ahsay software for backup. Ahsay Backup Software is the quickest way to boost up your recurring income. Over 10,000 online backup providers and resellers have already used Ahsay to provide...
View ArticleRe: VDP upgrade from 5.8.2 to 6.0.2 failed - Installation of the package stalled
I know this post is almost two months old, but I ran into a similar issue going from 5.8.2 to 5.8.3. It turns out there is a kernel patch that must be applied prior to upgrading 5.8.2. Once I applied...
View ArticleRe: Increase CPU without increase of storage?
I have vDP 5.8.3 appliance and was wondering the same thing. It has four CPUs (and 8GB ram) now, but I notice there are stretches during the backup where the CPU usage spikes to 100% for 10 mins or so...
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Re: Increase CPU without increase of storage?
You can increase the number of CPUs up to 8. You can also increase the memory, which will also speed up the backup.
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VDP 6.1 freezes while executing backup jobs
Hi I've been having trouble with the VDP Appliance in Version 6.1. Its a fresh install, running on a Windows vCenter 6.0.0 Build 3018524 and using a Buffalo TeraStation NAS as backup destination. The...
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Re: VDP 6.1 freezes while executing backup jobs
I think I answered my own question I storage migrated the install disk and config files over to my cluster storage wich runs alot faster than the NAS. Just started another Backup Job. Running...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 freezes while executing backup jobs
I had this after updating from 5.8 to 6.1 but rebooting the appliance seemed to sort it out for a while. Similar scenario, the VDP disks (system and backup stores) are located on the same NAS device...
View ArticleVDP 5.8 -> 6.1 migration error
Hello. I'm trying to do a migration from version 5.8 to 6.1, as explained, for example, in KB 2127665.I got an error during verifying credentials for source (old, 5.8) VDP (while configuring new 6.1...
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Re: VDP 5.8 -> 6.1 migration error
is it possible to get the configuration logs? VMware KB: Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Data Protection
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.8 -> 6.1 migration error
Thanks for help Dee006. The problem was, that you can't use ip address for vcenter in settings. You must use only FQDN.
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 Fall back to non-quiesced backup if quiescence fails
Hello there, yes i think also there is something wrong with the checkbox. As i wanted to get them failed-back to non-quiesced i got some vm's with quiesced Backup Error. i tested manually Snapshot is...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 Fall back to non-quiesced backup if quiescence fails
ah found it. "mccli dataset show --name=/xx thx Max
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Re: VDP 6.1 freezes while executing backup jobs
Well .. my success was short-lived. Starting a set of backups stopped at 92% (although there are TBs of storage left) all while the appliance crashing or rather becoming unreachable for a while. Im...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 freezes while executing backup jobs
Reinstalling from scratch didn't work for me. At first I thought the appliance maybe hadn't upgraded properly so I installed a new instance of VDP and re-created the backup schedules so there was...
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