vRanger to VDP
Has anyone switched from vRanger to VDP? How did you handle the transition with backups? We use vRanger today with DDBoost and plan to use DD with VDP as well but I'm concerned with space utilization...
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Re: vRanger to VDP
Technically speaking the data is already on the DataDomain so VDP will only send block changes. Therefore I would expect minimal extra space usage. You can confirm by backing up a VM with VDP already...
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Re: Storage DRS not moving vSphere Replication replicas
Any ideas why I'm facing this issue?
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Re: Storage DRS not moving vSphere Replication replicas
What is your SDRS policy set to?
View ArticleRe: VDP disk expansion in VDP 6.1.2 failing.
Hi I also have similar issue , the issue got resolved by changing configuration file Use Vi to open file under /usr/local/vdr/etc/vdr-configuration.xmlEdit that file and changed...
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It is set to fully automated and space treshold is set to 75% utilized space per datastore, however the utilized space for the datastore is at 80% because of the replication replicas.
View ArticleVDP Root filling up, possible tomcat issue?
Hi All, Quick background, VDP stopped working around a week ago, restarted and it started up again, then stopped again next day, same again. Got looking at logs and saw a load of disk full errors.Ran...
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Re: VDP disk expansion in VDP 6.1.2 failing.
Can confirm srikanthrao147's suggestion works. I also had to modify the same entry in the vdr-configuration-deployed.xml
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1 - reports from last week or month
mccli activity show only shows last 3 days. I can think of 3 options for weekly\monthly reporting. They all have different advantages and limitations.- Look at postgress database mcdb- Purchase EMC...
View ArticleRe: VDP Root filling up, possible tomcat issue?
When I run into space issues in the system volumes I follow the instructions on the 6.0 admin guide on how to free up space before upgrade (page 37). Although enough changed in VDP 6.1 that the...
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Re: VDP Root filling up, possible tomcat issue?
Thanks for the suggestion, I followed the guide but removed 0% space. I have gotten one of the 3g tomcat files off the server, had to repair it as it was corrupt, but looking at it, it just looks like...
View ArticleVDP Datastore sizing
If i'll be backing up all virtual machines to a Data Domain, what size does my VDP storage need to be on the host storage system? Do I need to calculate it based on the VMs that will be backed up?
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Most likely .5TB. This topic is fairly well documented in the admin guide on page 79. http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-61.pdf...
View ArticleBackup Solution: From Vcenter - NAS -Other Server (Disaster Recovery).
Hello, We are trying to implement a backup solution. This is the scenario: We have a server with a ESXI 6.0 and VCenter. There are three hosts running on it (three Virtual Machines on each host). This...
View ArticleRe: Backup Solution: From Vcenter - NAS -Other Server (Disaster Recovery).
Hi there and welcome to the community Just wondering what you are really trying to achieve - if it is simply to have a second copy of the VMs then I would look at running vSphere replication to see if...
View ArticleESXi Infrastructure without shared Storage (HA Possible? Backup & Recovery...
I have a two node ESXi solution that I want to add redundancy to, the issue is I don't have any shared storage but want to offer HA or at best some disaster recovery options for the customer. Is HA...
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Hi, No, you can't but: Try with Openfiler (Openfiler | Open Source Storage Managment Appliance) You can create shared Storage and trick to vCenter. HA, DRS, vMotion... is now allowed.
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hi, Like JM wrote thare is no solution for your requirements, but I can suggest some cheap server, install on this for example FreeNas and configure as iSCSI. Regards, Sebastian
View ArticleUnable to 'connect' to VDP after successful appliance deployment
Hi - I hope someone will be able to point me in the right direction to resolve this. I am trying to deploy the standard 2GB VDP 5.8.4 into a 5.5 environment.The .ova deploys without issue and powers...
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Thanks guy's, I was reading through the VMware FAQ's and it got a little confusing as they have so many products available now and there seems to be a ton of options to chose from.
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