Re: VDP 5.5 - Network Copy Support?
Fallback to NBD(Network Block Device) in your terms network-copy is the default behavior if hot-add cannot be engaged. But you cannot force it to be a primary backup method. As a workaround you can...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 Gsan Degraded
I'm having trouble with my 1TB vdp appliance, the appliance configure status webpage is showing all services are running but when I login to the appliance and run the command dpnctl status is shows...
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GSAN degraded means the appliance is in read-only state.Run status.dpn on the appliance and see the capacity reported Also do you have enough maintenance window to complete the garbage collection ? Try...
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Thu Nov 14 12:26:24 GMT 2013 [VDPAppliance] Thu Nov 14 12:26:24 2013 UTC (Initialized Mon Oct 14 11:47:04 2013 UTC)Node IP Address Version State Runlevel Srvr+Root+User Dis Suspend Load...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5 Gsan Degraded
Status from my recently deployed appliance for your comparison... Thu Nov 14 03:45:55 PST 2013 [xxx] Thu Nov 14 11:45:55 2013 UTC (Initialized Tue Nov 12 10:31:33 2013 UTC)Node IP Address...
View ArticleRe: No files available for restore using FLR in a Windows guest VM on VDP...
Have you tried increasing the memory given to the VDP appliance?
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.1
Hi welcome to the communities, you can look up the interoperability here: VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes it says VDP 5.1 requires vCenter 5.1, so the answer is no. Regards
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.1
VDP 5.1 will not work on 5.0 Environment. In order to use VDP 5.1, you should be running vCenter 5.1 but your ESXi can still be running 5.0
View ArticleVmware backup/recovery strategies, solutions, whitepapers, commercial and...
I have been tasked with developing a backup/recovery plan for our 4 host ESXi 4.1 cluster, planning to upgrade it 5.5 shortly. This plan can include software and hardware from VMware, veeam, IBM,...
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Re: Vmware C drive issue
There are 10 steps to increase the Disk Space. 1Make sure the following prerequisites are met:The virtual machine is powered off.The virtual disk is not mapped (on Windows guests) or mounted (on Linux...
View ArticleRe: Vmware C drive issue
@FillipsWhen copying complete blog posts, at least mention the source (How to Increase Disk Space in VMware: 10 Steps (with Pictures)) or even better just post the link to the blog post. André
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Linux System Hang When VDP Start to Backup (Snapshot)
Hi all This situation happened when VDP Start to Backup. When snapshot begin. the Linux OS hang.Unless I restart the VM. The VM works again. This situation sometimes ,and happen on different VM. the...
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Hi, could you please feed us some more information? Are the latest VMware tools installed in the guest VMs? What vSphere version / what VDP version are you running? Regards
View ArticleNetworker 8.0.2 & vCenter 5.1
Dears, hi I have questions regarding to backup VMs hosted on vSphere Env 5.1 & manage by 2 vCenter 5.1 server (1physical & 1virtual =Heartbeat mode) we have EMC Networker 8.0.2 as backup...
View ArticleRe: Vmware backup/recovery strategies, solutions, whitepapers, commercial and...
Hi Pie8ter (Great name!),It sounds like you have a solid plan to protect your data. I just wanted to mention PHD Virtual Backup & Replication as a possible alternative to Veeam. PHD has all the...
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Re: VDP Create a New Backup Job causes error
Hi, just upgrade to 5.5.5 (7.0.81.86) and i'm now able to create a new Backup Job, but i still get the same error when i try to edit an existing backup job, including the just new created one !!!...
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Re: FLR restore is showing error most of the times
Hi, I'm seeing the same error. The vdp-configure page shows everything is fine (screenshot attached) but when attempting to do a file-level restore I get the same error: "Failed to get disks: Unable...
View ArticleRe: VDP: How to manually stop a Backup Job?
The steps that I follow are too much complicated for a simple cancel job request, but is the only way that I've found: Shutdown the VDP appliance (if is possible, a clean shutdown)Restart the Vcenter...
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