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Re: Using an external ESXi host to backup all the environment
You have vCenter in-place, if yes you can use vSphere Replication to replicate virtual machines from your main location to your recover host.
View ArticleRe: Error in VDP 6.1
Hello, Same problem here with VDP 6.1.2 and 6.1.1. After successful overnight backup and morning integrity check. Then I can't do anything with the appliance - not web portal, not CLI. I can SSH to it...
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the problem with the snapshot after suspended VDP job
Hi, At the beginning I'm sorry, but I don't speak English well.I have the following problem. When making copies (backup) using the VDP - jobs is suspended. After a long time I had to finish the job...
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Re: the problem with the snapshot after suspended VDP job
Option 1 1) create a new snapshot for that VM2) go into snapshot manager and Press Delete All.See if that helps. Option 2 Right click on VM, go to Snapshot -> consolidate this will also be a...
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Re: the problem with the snapshot after suspended VDP job
I have done the steps in option 2, the error occurs: While option1 I'm afraid of losing data from a virtual disk "xx-Server-000001-delta.vmdk",which is now attached. Whether VMware consolidates...
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investigate VM file locked using following KBshttps://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2110152orInvestigating virtual machine file locks on...
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Image & Restore a Windows Server OS from within a Virtual Machine
Is it feasible to Image & Restore a Windows Server OS from within a Virtual Machine? It seems like it would be feasible. However, I have no experience with this situation. It seems like you could...
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Re: the problem with the snapshot after suspended VDP job
Hi You are unable to consolidate because the VDP will lock the client VM's disk.If you right click the VDP appliance and select Edit Settings, you will see this VM's VMDK (Hard Disk) attached to it.You...
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Re: Error in VDP 6.1
My problem went away after I deployed the VDP onto my other network where the NAS shares reside. You see because I'm doing a rather complex deployment: ESX host has 2 network connections: let's call...
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VDP 6.1.3 / vSphere 6.5 - 92% hang on backup jobs, not the issue in the...
Hey guys, With a fresh VDP 6.1.3 install on top of vSphere 6.5, most backup jobs hang at 92%. This is not the issue documented in the release notes, and the backups almost never complete. I DID NOT...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1.3 / vSphere 6.5 - 92% hang on backup jobs, not the issue in the...
Ah I have seen this issue. There is VDDK 6.5 issues for VSAN / vVOL on SAN mode transport. To fix this: 1. SSH into VDP and go to /usr/local/avamarclient/var2. Edit avvcbimageAll.cmd using vi3. Add...
View ArticleRe: VDP 6.1.3 / vSphere 6.5 - 92% hang on backup jobs, not the issue in the...
You, my friend, are a life saver. This worked! Did the default protocol change from 6.0 to 6.1.3? Anyway my backups are working again and this is a huge concern lifted. Would love to see this as a...
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Re: VDP 6.1.3 / vSphere 6.5 - 92% hang on backup jobs, not the issue in the...
I don't believe there is a public facing KB yet. There are issues with VDDK 6.5 release with VSAN. Probably might be fixed sometime down the line. Glad the workaround helped. Suhas
View ArticleBest way to backup ?
Hi, So here's the setup : 1 x vcenter2 x ESXi Very small setup. Not a lot of VM (it's a lab). Now we need to backup VM from time to time but the boss doesn't want to pay. So I looking for a tool that :...
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you can't schedule with free version Full backups of individual VMs only — no scheduled, incremental or multi-VM backups
View ArticleVDP upgrade to 6.1.3 failed
Hi, I tried to upgrade from 6.1.2.19 to 6.1.3, in order to upgrade vmware to 6.5 It failed, because after upgrade I'm still in 6.1.2 and MCS service is down. Itried to retart or force retore it,...
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Hi You can use VDP 6.1.x (provided your vCenter is 5.5 or above).It's completely free provided your ESXi license is Essentials+ or higher You can do 1 3 4 and 5You cannot backup VM files to a folder...
View ArticleRe: VDP upgrade to 6.1.3 failed
I would suggest you to raise a case with VM support for this. I would need to look into this in detail. dpnctl log will not have much information on the MCS failure to start.If you are on 6.1.2 now...
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Re: VDP upgrade to 6.1.3 failed
Hi, Here is what the verbose "said" ^^ : mcserver.sh --start --verboseargs = '--start'...
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