Re: VDP 6.1 check if CBT is being used
Found it. Had a look on the vdp proxy and in /usr/local/avamarclient/var you can find some files telling you which CBT blocks are being used: ---2016-02-11T19:00:49.683Z avtar Info <10695>:...
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Re: VDP 6.1 proxy throughput not changing simultaneous client from eight
Me Three. I have set Manage Proxy Throughput to 4, but I still have 8 backups running, slamming my SAN and in general wreaking havoc on my system. The VDP appliance has been rebooted a couple of...
View ArticleData Protection 6.1 issues, please help me!
Hello guys,I've install DP 6.1.1 (12GB ram and 4cpu) on VMware Host + vCentre 5.5u2, my first backup seems works fine but now it sutcks at 92% for too much time for only 1 guest machine with size of...
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Re: Data Protection 6.1 issues, please help me!
Your first backup will take longer. The backup is probably still running. Replication jobs only replicate backups that have completed. Once a backup completes you should see the individual servers...
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Re: Data Protection 6.1 issues, please help me!
Ok, replication now lists client after backup. The problem is that all backup takes too much time, first backup of one guest machine had done in 5 hours, so I think other backups will be done in less...
View ArticleVDP vCenter Migration
We are planning on moving to vCenter 6.1 once released and are currently using VDP with our existing vCenter. I know from looking at it that moving the appliance itself is not very hard, however, I do...
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Re: VDP vCenter Migration
If you move VDP to a new vCenter name you will have to rebuild all your jobs. If the upgraded vCenter has the same name it should keep all the jobs. If you are keeping the same vcenter name I would...
View ArticleVMWare 4.1 Backup and Replication
Hello All, I am new to VMWare and I have the exciting luxury of managing several VM Guest's on a few ESXi HOST running VMWare 4.1. How can I develop a backup solution which will backup the HOST and...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 Fall back to non-quiesced backup if quiescence fails
The default snapshot mechanism for quieseced snapshot in previous releases. If for some reason, the VM cannot be quieseced, the proxy will create an unquieseced snapshot and mark the backup as...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 - Is it a stable product?
Ok,thanks Did you have VDP installed with vCenter and are you using a Domain Controller
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VDP Version Number Confusion
Hi, I am a vSphere Essentials Plus user who has been running VDP 5.8.1 for a year or so and would like to upgrade to latest version. When i log in to myVMware 5.5.11 is displayed as latest version but...
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Re: VDP Version Number Confusion
The VDP 5.8.x is a new version of VDP when comparated with VDP 5.5.x, the confusion should be due the date of release, see: vSphere Data Protection 5.8.3 | 20 OCT 2015vSphere Data Protection 5.8.2 | 02...
View ArticleVDP Appliance corrupted.. again!
This has happened to me a couple of times now, so I'm not sure if it's me or what? I'm running the latest version of vDP appliance 6.1 and backups have been running along great for a couple of months....
View ArticleRe: VADP Exchange 2013 SP1 - Error : Failed to restore item 'ExchangeDB1/test...
@Hi, Was there any resolve on this before I log a call with VMware
View ArticleVDP 6.1 change datastore
Hello everyone, I've deployed VDP 6.1 and now i would like to move it to faster datastore. Its 12 TB appliance (12x1TB disk) , is it possible with simple storage vMotion? Thank you for your help! Regards,
View ArticleRe: VDP Version Number Confusion
Thank you RIchardson! Could you possibly explain the differences between the two versions? What features does 5.8 have that 5.5 does not?
View ArticleRe: VDP Appliance corrupted.. again!
I ve seen this a couple of times and every time i needed to redelopy the appliance.But the culprit has always been the target storage and not VDP, i suggest you take a deepdive into you backup storage....
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Here is a good review: http://www.vladan.fr/vsphere-data-protection-5-8/
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cannot install the sql agent -> vdp not find
Hi everybody, I have installed the vsphere DataProtection 6.1 and I try now to backup the database with the sql agent. In our test-environment I could install it without problems, but in our...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 change datastore
Yes, you can do this with simple storage vMotion. I would shutdown the appliance before vMotion, so you can be sure that there are no maintenance activity during the migration which can slow down the...
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