Re: Remove VDP?
Worked for me! Thanks for the quick fix. Select the root level in vCenter and from menu select AdministrationCustom AttributesSelect the attribute and click Remove.
View Articleclient drivers missing after restoring a vm from vdr
Hello, i noticed after restoring a vm (Windows 2008R2), in the vm the vmware specific drivers (including nic) are missing. They are shown under device manager with the yellow mark and I was not able to...
View ArticleVDP and OES
Dear guys, i'd like to backup up my OES VM (500GB) with VDP on a stand by host and the customer is asking to have a vm recovered in 3 hours.I was thinking about a full backup and incremental backups...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
Hi Daniele,I can suggest 2 options. Option-1 (Deploy VDP on the same host as your OES VM)Pros: Faster backup & recovery as VDP avoids backup through network hereCons: Single point of failure (If...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
Hello Thanks for fast answer.I need to place VDP on the stand by host as i need to protect the VM against a host failure.So if i download the 2 TB appliance and i place it on the stand by host do you...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
VDP is tightly coupled with vCenter. Your OES VM and VDP should be in the same inventory of a vCenter. Means that you will have to add both the hosts to a single VC to perform backup/restore. But...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
i'm forced to use option 2 as i need to guarantee the VM is back online on the 2nd failover host.So i must keep the VDP on the 2nd host.Or can i deploy 2 x VDPs and i copy the data over the night...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
in addition : i have 1 vcenter and it will stay in that inventory but i need to be 100% sure the backup data and no other traffic is going to the vcenter.
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
If you have VDP-A (Advanced) then you can replicate data from 1 VDP-A appliance to another. But base version of VDP do not offer that feature.Yes ..do the first FULL backup back during non-peak hours...
View ArticleRe: client drivers missing after restoring a vm from vdr
Does this issue happen to one specific vm??
View ArticleRe: client drivers missing after restoring a vm from vdr
It was the first one I tested it with, so far all others I tested worked.So I am still trying to figure out a regularity.The vm where it is not working is a terminalserver with XenApp, there are 3...
View ArticleRe: client drivers missing after restoring a vm from vdr
It should not matter what application are used inside the vm, still try on some other vm...
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
i have downloaded the 2 TB ova ? is that ok ? does it mean that the VM backups will be stored into the VDP appliance disks ?or shall i download the 500 GB appliance ?
View ArticleRe: VDP and OES
If you have enough disk space..2TB appliance with (thick provisioning) should give better performanceOtherwise you can still deploy 2TB appliance but choose thin provisioning.Yes. VM backups will be...
View ArticleRe: Failed to send the email summary report
The error you are receiving for email reports: "Can't findresource for bundlejava.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key job_type" is because the build for VDP 5.1.x did not include the correct key type for...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5.5.180 cannot edit backup Job
In this particular case, the VDP appliance is doing a "license check" for the presence of VDP-Advanced Licenses. It does this by trying to communicate with the vCenter over the defined HTTP port...
View ArticleRe: VDP ends up dying at every site.....always have to rebuild.
Arch-My guess is that the ESX host license is not valid or you may have a space in your vCenter password (see...
View ArticleBackup job not starting
Dear guys, i;m new in VDP and it seems i immediately experience problems.Deployed the appliance , all good, created a test backup , all good.When i manually start the backup i get nothing running, no...
View ArticleRe: Backup job not starting
Hi, look under configuration. The VDP appliance has a maintenance window configured and might be in Read-Only mode. It won't run your jobs then. Regards
View ArticleRe: Backup job not starting
Can you attach vdr-server.log from the appliance. Path: (\usr\local\avamar\var\vdr\server_logs)Also run the backup job again and give the exact time-stamp so it helps me if i look in the log file.
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