Re: No restore points after backup success
Several days have pass, still I cannot see my old backups in the restore tab.To check, I have taken a new VM backup and after successful back, it apparel in the restore TAB. after 48hr later I have...
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Re: No restore points after backup success
Sorry all, I have found My mistake, its the retention period.
View ArticleRe: VDP Now uses constant bandwidth even during blackout period
Same Problem... disable perfbeat is not supported, but you can change it to 60mins. Answer from support:The developers have come back to me regarding disabling perfbeats. We are not allowed to give...
View ArticleRe: VDP-A and Exchange
VDP-Advanced currently does not support Exchange servers in a DAG.
View ArticleEssentials / Acceleration kit upgrade
I am hoping someone can confirm something for me as I cannot find it in the main vmware resources. I have 2x essentials kits that I am looking to upgrade to Acceleration kits. If I do this will I be...
View ArticleRe: VDP-A and Exchange
Any plans to implement this in the nearest future?For us this is the only feature we miss in VDP...
View ArticleRe: Essentials / Acceleration kit upgrade
Yes you will be able to use the vCenter license to manage all your ESXi host since you receive 1 instance of vCenter standard with the kit -...
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VM CPU ready time and ESX host CPU ready time
Hi Team, I've been searching the net for info. on CPU ready time on ESX host, I'm already aware for VM's the recommended is 5% CPU ready time anything higher than that the VM would is performing quite...
View ArticleRe: VM CPU ready time and ESX host CPU ready time
Hi, I believe the metrics to check for CPU overcommitment is the "load average" value in esxtop. From the KB:Examine the load average on the first line of the command output.A load average of 1.00...
View ArticleRe: VM Backup strategy
In my home lab I use a removable hard drive for a quick (albeit manual) backup. At first I was having issues with the ESXi host whenever I removed or added a drive (detailed here - Adding or removing...
View ArticleRe: VDPA 5.5.6.56 does not consolidate snapshots
do your VMs shows a message requesting consolidation? "Consolidation Needed" if so I have that issue no matter which VDP version I've had this issues since 5.1 and latest 5.5 still same issue last...
View ArticleRe: VDPA 5.5.6.56 does not consolidate snapshots
escapem2, thank you for your reply.The VMs were requesting consolidation, until I migrated them to another datastore.I will try to move the storage destination to a faster datastore (server's DAS) and...
View ArticleProblem with FLR with vmware data protection 5.1
Hallo, We have a problem with our vdp and after two days of reading manuals and kb article we dont know what to do anymore.We have ESX 5.1 and vCenter 5.1 and using also the 2TB Data Protection 5.1.The...
View ArticleRe: VDPA 5.5.6.56 does not consolidate snapshots
yeah that happens when you do a storage vMotion the message is gone but the snaphots continue being there cool try that and let me know
View ArticleRe: Problem with FLR with vmware data protection 5.1
Good day -One issue we have defined with FLR returning this error can occur if you are using a Windows vCenter.There is a known issue with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 RTM - 10.0.1600.22 (X64), that you...
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Re: VMware Data Protection 5.5.6.56 - VDDK:VixDiskLibVim: ESX/ESXi host is...
For this issue, which applies solely to the VDP 5.5.6 appliance, you may see the following behaviors. In the log file for the backup job (located in /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy-? and with the...
View ArticleVDP 5.5 - backing up to something else
Ok, im a little confised. I used to use consolidated backup a few years back which was great for the occasions VM backup to SMB and then on to some removable media. I thought id look at VDP but it...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5 - backing up to something else
Even with a single SAN, I would presume multiple drive pools, etc., supporting multiple datastores on the VMware side. So, the VDP backups/storage could easily be designed to not reside on the same...
View ArticleRe: VDP 5.5 - backing up to something else
Hi,I am trying to share my thoughts on you point - " but if my SAN fails I'm screwed."VDP-Advanced version 5.5 supports replication. It means you can replicate data from your primary VDP-Appliance to...
View ArticleRe: Problem with FLR with vmware data protection 5.1
Hallo, thx for the answer, sorry that it needed so long time to reply but at the moment to many things are ongoing.I checked the SQL Server and its was from the beginning installed the SQL 2008 R2 with...
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