Re: full backups taking longer
May be you have to involve Microsoft to find the reason for the change in disk alignment. For more information on disk aligning, check the following link...
View ArticleRe: VDP Replication - password not working in 6.1
Just came across this post: VMware KB: Configuring VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0.x replication fails with the error: Authentication failedI don't think I had 28001 open previously, so this is...
View ArticleRe: internal proxy crash VDP 6.1.1.19
Hi, I have the same problem. But in the moment I have no solution to fix. Thorsten
View ArticleVDP 6.1.2.18 warning No VCenter found in domain in vdr-server.log
Found many Warning in /usr/local/avamar/var/vdr/server_logs/vdr-server.log2016-03-22 17:39:31,217 WARN [Timer_general]-vi.VCenterServiceImpl: No VCenter found in domain 'esxihost.domain.com' which has...
View ArticleRe: VDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity
I know this is an old thread but I'm having the same issue. Does anyone know how to fix this?
View ArticleRe: VDP: [004] The VDP appliance datastore is approaching maximum capacity
VMware KB: Disabling or modifying the default alarm parameter in VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) appliance when…
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 --> 6.1.1; upgrade ISO not detected
This still seems to happen on 6.1.1 to 6.1.2 in place upgrade. attach the ISO to the VM in the usual way. SSH to the appliance as admin, su -l (root password) Then run the following: - mount /dev/sr0...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.0 "Select Destination" in FLR is blank
What credentials do you use to login into FLR client? I noticed that if make login with domain user account (event it's a member of local administrators group) you can see and mount backups, but...
View ArticleHow to get the VDP 6.1.2 evaluation
Hi, I recently downloaded the VDP 6 for testing purposes. I noticed the version I got is the 6.1.0.173. How can I get the last VDP 6.1.2 version on the VMware site ? Thanks in advance
View ArticleRe: VDP Configure crashes with Java error
Aborted this installation and installed on a new host, everything worked fine, not sure what was wrong.
View ArticleRe: VDP storage cannot be configured in NFS storage
There is a work around. Migrate the VSD With its disks to a local disk on a host. Create the backup disk here and as a Thin disk, and when done migrate it to its New datastore as thick eager zeroed....
View ArticleBackup attempts to quiesce the VM even with quiescing disabled
Hello. I'm using Avamar for backing up all the VMs in the datacenter dynamically, with quiescing enabled in the backup job.A few machines were completing the backup successfully but with warnings,...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade VDP 6.1 to 6.1.2
I have the same problem. Also at 94%. Seems to be clear bug. Also opened a ticket, let's see what'll happen.
View ArticleRe: Upgrade VDP 6.1 to 6.1.2
I finally got EMC support on the phone along with VMware tech support and we concluded that the reason for 94% hang is not a bug but the CD ROM disconnects itself. I cant explain WHY but that is what...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 --> 6.1.1; upgrade ISO not detected
Hi At my side the Mount is easy and helpful. Just use Mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/auto/cdrom and everything is working. During Upgrade you have to reuse it. Don't waste time with the hotfix. Cu Tobias
View ArticleRe: VDP 2TB image ran out of space on root
Thank you for the post SugeeB, saved me tons of time this morning trying to find what was taking up my space on the appliance. A few weeks ago support had me attempt to collect logs and it failed....
View Articlecan two different CBT based backup products backup the same vm without...
VDP and Veeam both use CBT for backups after the initial full. what will happen if they are both backing up the same virtual machine? i checked on this several years ago and the information available...
View ArticleRe: can two different CBT based backup products backup the same vm without...
From a technical point of view there shouldn't be any issues, unless the different application run their backups at the same time.CBT marks changed blocks using a ChangeID which is incremented each...
View ArticleVDP6.1 performance monitoring
Hi Folks, I am new to vdp. Have few questions regarding monitoring performance. How can i see backup speed and estimated timing of running backup job? ( to extend, like to see compression, dedpe raito...
View ArticleVDP slow, perhaps halted completely?
My old VDP installation stopped working, thought I'd start all over with 6.1.1. But it's not working at all. All hosts have access to a NFS share through a vmkernel. VDP machine runs on NFS share and...
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