vim-cmd not working in cli & SOAP session destroyed
I'm having trouble with using the vim-cmd at cli to get snapshots, get list of vm and things.They send out 3 kind of errors: Failed to login: vmodl.fault.SystemErrorFailed to login:...
View ArticleRe: VDP backup are running outside backup window
It shows "I" while backup job running.
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Re: vSphere Data Protection stucks at 92% on Windows 2008 R2 VMs
Hello, Try to check disk, defrag of Windows 2008 Server and then to make backup.Hope will helpYour Oscar
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Re: VDP - VMWARE DATA PROTECTION 5.1 IS FREE ?
VDP has a limited feature as i would not recommended VDP in a huge virtual infra..We are using Vmware to reduce downtime of server and business continuity.so don't take risk and use No .1 backup...
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Re: Retention policy
the retention policy is what tells VDR how long you want to keep the data that you back up. if you put 55 it will keeps last 55 days backup . for a clear view of Retention policy please check this :...
View ArticleRecreate a virtual machine vmdk
I was using the Vsphere client trying to restart a windows 7 machine. The machine had it's primary OS on datastore1 and three 2tb drives labeled 2tbA 2tbB and 2tbC. The only actual data was on the OS...
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Re: Recreate a virtual machine vmdk
Hi welcome to the communities, unfortunately, when you hit the "delete from datastore" button, the whole VM inluding all VMDKs mounted to it are deleted. You will have to restore the VMDK from backup...
View ArticleRe: VDP incremental backups ?
i'm executing the task but i do not see any F or I in the task detailcan u tell me where that exactly is ?
View ArticleRe: VDP incremental backups ?
Hi,I think you might be running 5.1 version, the UI is improved in 5.5But however 5.1 do run incremental backups after a FULL backup. Recalling again..it leverages CBT. As i know VDP backup on a VM can...
View ArticleRe: VDP backup are running outside backup window
How VDP backup take place i.e. how backup process happen step by step?Where dedup is done at source or destination?
View ArticleVDP backup schedule
Dear guys, is it possible to schedule a backup e.g. every 2 hours on VDP ? i see only daily options maximum
View ArticleRe: VDP backup schedule
You cannot to that in VPD 5.1.In 5.5, you can workaround it by cloning the job and modifying the job start time. But 5.1 do not give an option to choose the start time for a backup job.
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Re: VDP backup schedule
That is bad,as the customer wants to loose only 4 hours of work.I do not even get why running another backup (which must be differential) is taking the same amount of time it took the day before after...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 chokes on vCenter (Appliance 5.5) certificates
Hi, I just changed our vCAs self-signed certificates, replaced them with certificates from our internal CA.I followed VMware KB: Configuring Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates for vCenter...
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Re: Virtual Machine backup and recovery.
Hello, Veeam backup this is on the top in backup solution for visualization now version 7 is also available with great feature.Also you can install free tail version for testing the feature..Yours,Mar...
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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi
Most of backup software will ask for licensed ESX host when you will add ESX host on backup server so its not possible to add free version ..Try thin backup software for Free ESXi host. Thinware...
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Re: Enabling CBT for all ESX VMs ?
As known VMware acknowledges that CBT could lose track of incremental changes in the event of a power failure or hard shutdown. so its up to you and you dont need to reboot once you enable the CBT and...
View ArticleRe: VDP CPU Usage
I have the exact same problem. if VDP is started, my VCSA cpu usage goes through the roof (about 10x more than when VDP is not running). (and when I mean running, I do not say that it is backing, just...
View ArticleRe: Failed to send the email summary report
Hi GSparks, thank you for the answer.Where can I change th language of VDP. Thank You Daniel
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