Re: Have -delta.vmdk files, no -.vmsn files. Is it safe to delete all the...
Hi Andre, thank you for your response, I have another question about disk chain, please correct my understanding if I am wrong. I have 150 GB allocated base/flat disk for VM1 with 2 snapshot each 2.5...
View ArticleRe: Have -delta.vmdk files, no -.vmsn files. Is it safe to delete all the...
Hi Dan, Yes you are correct - VM1-flat.vmdk and VM1-000001-delta.vmdk are currently read-only with all new writes going to VM1-000002-delta.vmdk. The maximum size VM1-000002-delta.vmdk can grow to is...
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Thanks guys for the responses, really appreciate it! Thanks,Dan
View ArticleRe: Backup VM manually
You must have all delta.vmdk and all flat.vmdk - the actual data is inside this 2 types.Everytjhing else can be recreated if necessary.Normally you also want- all vmdk-text files- the vmx-file- the...
View ArticleRe: Backup VM manually
All the VM files are necessary. If you are not using a backup solution then you can download the VM folder to local machine or export the VM to OVF template. However, please note, for these operations...
View ArticleRe: Backup VM manually
Hi, Choose to export to OVF Template "Folder of files (OVF)" to backup to NAS (appreciate VM needs to be off if done this way but for now it satisfies requirements). Thanks!
View ArticleRe: HELP - Understanding converting from vCenter Embedded to Platform...
It sounds like you may have installed a new SSO domain on another Windows server successfully. Did you go through the repointing process to register your inventory, vCenter, and web client with the new...
View ArticleRe: HELP - Understanding converting from vCenter Embedded to Platform...
JamieGator32 That KB is only applicable to vCenter Server 5.1/5.5. netwatcher_s1 Here is a great blog that illustrates what you need to do:...
View ArticleRe: HELP - Understanding converting from vCenter Embedded to Platform...
That's correct Adam. I was in the admittedly bad habit of calling an external SSO on 5.5 a PSC since I am in the process of upgrading 2 vCenters with one SSO environment. After discussions with my TAM...
View ArticleRe: VDP failing claiming not enough space....I don't believe it
VDP will not backup when there is less than 5% free space on any datastore associated with VM being backed up. When a snapshot is created by VDP all VMDKs get a snapshot regardless of if they are...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 - Is it a stable product?
There are issues with every product. No software is perfect. I've deployed VDP to non-windows environments without major problems. The default expiration for vSphere users is something like 60 days....
View ArticleVDP and vlan
Initial conditions: net 172.30.157.0/24 with vlan 3032. i try to deploy Vmware DataProtection 6.1.1. Deploy applaince with vCenter and config the network settings. After reboot network in VM does not...
View ArticleRe: VDP and vlan
Hi, why do you try to tag the VLAN in the appliance? Why don't you configure the VLAN at the portgroup the network adapter of the appliance uses? Tim
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 ArticleVDP: Failed to create snapshot
I have been getting this error on several VMs but have not been able to figure out why. I found the following in the log file. Can someone tell me why VDP cannot create the directories? How can I...
View ArticleRe: VDP: Failed to create snapshot
Do you have any warnings or errors in that log? The info entries are less helpful in troubleshooting.
View ArticleRetrieve data from vmware that is in a corrupted hard drive
I've installed Fedora on Vmware. Recently my hard drive is corrupted and can't be read.Could someone please help me out, how to extract the data I've in that virtual machine.The host OS: Windows 10....
View ArticleRe: VDP: Failed to create snapshot
Delete the backup job and recreate it. Or remove the VM from an existing backup job, and create a new backup job with the VM that you want to backup.
View ArticleRe: VDP migration from 5.8 to 6.1.1 stuck at 42%
Hi!I have the same problem several times even recreating VDP from failed one with the same ver 6.1.1Have you managed this bug?
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