Re: VDP Management service start failed and can't get into VDP panel
Hi Welcome to the communities.please check with command line . emwebapp.sh --stopemwebapp.sh --start.
View ArticleConfiguration tab freezes up always
We are having issues with accessing the configuration tab in the data protection plugin from the vsphere client. Everything else works just fine, we are able to access all four other tabs such as...
View ArticleRe: A bit of encouraging words for the VMware Data Protection appliance
Hi,I m using VDP in a production environment. And I faced a lot of problems:1. VMs became inaccessible during snapshot.2. Quiescing snapshots failed in almost Windows and Linux machines.3. Backup job...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5 - unexpected error 10058
Most common resolvable issue I've seen is that snapshots aren't cleaned up after backup. Either the disk wasn't removed from VDP, or the snapshot wasn't deleted, or the snapshot was deleted on the VM,...
View ArticlePrevent VDP from deleting only recovery point
We have extremely short retention policies for some jobs - effectively, I just need the latest copy of a VM stored as a backup (1-day retention if you will). However, if a job or backup of a VM fails,...
View ArticleRe: Prevent VDP from deleting only recovery point
if you are limiting recovery points due to space consideration of 2TB limit you might consider more than one vdp and spread the load across them to get more storage capacity and to allow for more...
View Articlevdp 5.5.5 advanced cannot add a license to a host
i have downloaded and installed the 60 day eval mainly to test the replication feature.i have the license provided by vmware and added it during the install/configuration go into the web client then...
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Re: VDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
Restore a VDP backed up VM without vCenter is possible now with a feature called 'Emergency Restore' in VDP 5.5.I have detailed it in my blog - Emergency Restore – VDP 5.5 (Case Study) |...
View ArticleRe: vdp 5.5.5 advanced cannot add a license to a host
thanks, that is where i understood it to be but all i have there is the Run Integrity Check option that you normally get
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Re: VDP Management service start failed and can't get into VDP panel
Thanks Emily I've just deployed new appliance on existing disk. I can get back the backup data but I lost all schedules.But that's enough for me. Pannikin
View ArticleRe: VDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
i concur with snekkalapudi. i had occasion to recover 36 virtual machines from the emergency restore in v5.5 from 2 VDP appliances with great success. the restores are very fast and i ran 3...
View ArticleRe: vdp 5.5.5 advanced cannot add a license to a host
ended up shutting down all 5 vdp appliances and the vcenter interesting item of note is that the vSphere Data Protection item in the left menu of the web client disappears when there are no VDP...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5 - unexpected error 10058
unfortunately had a failure and lost the vc and had to recover the virtual machines. they all backup properly now. did not find the cause but was planning a reboot, got something much bigger than a...
View ArticleRe: VDP - Backing up Vcenter Server or Restore if vcenter dies
forgot to add that the vc was also recovered and booted without apparent error but i cannot connect to it with vi client or web client just no vc had to replace but keep the recovered one to try and...
View Article2 not working vdp's with /space partition full
been having some odd happenings the last few days where services would be stopped in the morning on 2 of the VDP appliances, usually management and scheduledthis morning 4 services were stopped on...
View ArticleVDP 5.1.11 Error code: 30915
Using VDP to backup Windows 2008 R2 server - upgraded to 5.1.11 to fix the quiesced snapshot issue. Some VMs are now backing up, but random others are getting this message: Error code 30915: An attempt...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.1.11 Error code: 30915
Log file...... 2013-12-03 00:06:38 avvcbimage Info : Logging to /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy-3/Daily Backup-1386029180669-bdc3a47ebb154cc3958af34de884bad564c36ec2-3016-vmimagew.log 2013-12-03...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.1.11 Error code: 30915
From the logs: Creating snapshot 'VDP-1386029291bdc3a47ebb154cc3958af34de884bad564c36ec2', quieceFS=1 2013-12-03 00:08:11 avvcbimage Info : Creating snapshot...
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