Re: Vsphere data protection
DavPos - If you look in /usr/local/avamar/var/log/dpnctl.log, it should give you an idea of whether the services are "up" as a standard or if they are going down.If your services are going up and down...
View ArticleRe: What happens to last restore point if retention period is reached
If you have a single restore point and it exceeds its retention cycle, it will be marked to be removed during garbage collection.It may not be removed off the system in the very next pass, but it will...
View ArticleRe: Unable to configure vdp
Finaly I opened a support ticket. Resolution is quiet simple : complete the initial config script and reboot until vdp register to vcenter (3 times aprox). Support say that it is a known bug... Julien
View ArticleRe: Cannot Backup Virtual Machine using VDP
Hi areeb1988,Have you considered moving to a backup product with a similar architecture but a more robust feature set... PHD Virtual Backup & Replication is a very easy to use, simple to install...
View ArticleHow to debug why VDP is not backing up one VM?
VDP backs up five machines every night. Over the last week, one machine is not getting backed up (server 2008 R2 domain controller). If I tell it to manually back up the machine, it works. How do I...
View ArticleRe: How to debug why VDP is not backing up one VM?
Please upload the VDP support bundle and provide the backup job id and VM name
View ArticleRe: Backup Solution with vmdirectpath enabled vm (esxi5.1) ?
Currently its not supported using any VMware backup solutions due to the below limitation of snapshots. Snapshots are not supported with PCI vSphere Direct Path I/O devices. vSphere Documentation Center
View ArticleRe: VDP fails to start backup jobs
I resolved issue.I add VDP user to local administratrion group in vCenter server. Grant proper permission in vcenter are not enough ( even if VDP user have administrator role in vcenter).I searched a...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection 5.1 Reinstallation after failed!
Hello everyone, I am recently coming across something that is happening quietly frequently with my clients. Their VDP appliance is just failling out of a sudden for different reasons. Some of this...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Reinstallation after failed!
You can't reuse the dedup store on VDP. You will need to try to recover the VDM back again or discard all the backups - it does not work like VDR where you could detach/atach the dedup sotres to any...
View ArticleRe: Backup on NFS Share - questions
Update: NFS mounting in Windows is like adding a network location, that also will disconnect then user log-off, so it's a crappy solution.
View ArticleRe: Backup on NFS Share - questions
Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware vCenter™ Server to Backup & Recovery
View ArticleRe: Off-site backup with VDP?
I know this thread is 6 months old but I'm hoping the OP is still following it! I have the same predicament with a Essential Plus license and starting to use the VDP appliance. We currently only have...
View ArticleRe: Backup on NFS Share - questions
Having a backup solution on a NFS destination is a bad idea. NFS are normally not so stable and are network dependent. If there is any disconnect on the NS server, then it can corrupt your backups as...
View Article"Empty" vmkds with VCB proxy and SAN
The drives are "unpartitioned", it's like if disks were empty. Common files are succesfully restored but FLAT vmdks are not working. I've also noticed that VM disks are gone on the VM settings screen...
View ArticleBackup of vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Appliance
Hi everyone, Is there a way to backup VDP Appliance in case it fails I can use the backup to just fireup and reuse the backups? Many of my clients are having issue with VDP where the appliance just...
View ArticleRe: Can VDP send syslog events?
I'm also trying to find a way to send the logs from the VDP to the new vCenter Log Insight appliance.
View ArticleRe: Backup of vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Appliance
First thing is you cannot backup VDP appliance using VDP.Secondly, i would prefer vSphere Data Protection Disaster recovery as mentioned in the admin guide
View ArticleRe: Can VDP send syslog events?
I apologize, I should have updated my post. I contacted VMware Support and opened a ticket about this. I was told that SYSLOG could be used to send OS events/logs, however the application that runs...
View ArticleRe: vDP - Sick of being a beta tester
this solution is pure garbage..Vdp isn't ready for primetime.I too had to reinstall many,many times.. EMC owns VmWare,so that's why Vdp doesn't work - they want you to buy EMC legato networker to...
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