Re: VDP advanced-- settings for MS SQL server
Hi-- I don't see that VDP advanced 5.5 allows backups (full, incremental, differential) to be scheduled any more frequently than daily. How are you getting incremental backups of the SQL database...
View ArticleRe: esx5i backup best practise for remote locations
Hi mag2sub, Thanks for answering the questions, that helps provide a picture of your scenario. First you will need to make sure that you have a backup copy of the configuration for the ESXi hosts...
View ArticleRe: what NAS to choose for backup ?
Will i be able to backup virtual machine using veeam free to NAS with essential license ? I know that veeam can work with essential but not sure about NAS with essentialCan you elaborate on your last...
View ArticleISCSI Target Backups
VDP 5.5. Question, in the image backup, does VDP backup and ISCS targets that the host has "connected" to it? Is there anyway to turn iscsi targets within the vm on/off from the backups?Thanks,Robin.
View ArticleRe: ISCSI Target Backups
Could you please elaborate more on "turning the iscsi targets on or off within a VM"? Are you refering to RDMs?
View ArticleExchange 2010 Backup
Hi, We have 6 Exchange 2010 (sp1) servers, 3 of them are mailbox servers set up in DAG. (we are running vsphere 5.1 u1 with ESXi 5.1 u2, 5 hosts in HA/DRS cluster) I don't know where to start with...
View ArticleRe: Exchange 2010 Backup
Hi, Exchange server is a beast, you would need to follow Microsoft recommendation for recovering Exchange server in the event of failure. I would recommend to stay within a supported configuration and...
View ArticleRe: ISCSI Target Backups
scenario: ESX Host. SBS Server runs on ESX Host. SBS Server has an ISCSI connection to an external NAS device (storage not local to ESX Host). Does the VDP Backup "get" or backup the ISCSI device...
View ArticleRe: ISCSI Target Backups
So it means SBS server in your case is using RDM disks. If that is the case, then physical RDM disks cannot be backed by VDP. See the article below Cannot backup or restore virtual machines that use...
View ArticleBackup on Tape Autoloader
Hi, We are running two host on Esxi on 5.5 on HP DL380G8 Servers. Planning to have backup of critical files,DB offsite as well.May be whole VM we can backup or specific files or DB we may backup on HP...
View ArticleRe: Exchange 2010 Backup
Hi Welcome to communities. Here is best practice http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/exchange-2010-on-vmware-best-practices-guide.pdf
View ArticleRe: Backup on Tape Autoloader
Hi Welcome to communities. Hope its supported TAPE drive . If so please go through below kb...
View ArticleVDP failed backups and incorrect backup job information
I am guessing these are just some of the "quirks" of VDP 5.5.6.56 and being sorta free I am not expecting everything to run smoothly...but there are a couple of things I would like to see if they can...
View ArticleExchange backup failure
Scenario:SBS 2011. Exchange.Attempting to use VDP advanced to backup. Backup client loads successfully and points properly to VDP server. MAPI CDO version 6.5.8224 successfully installed on server....
View ArticleRe: Exchange backup failure
The log shows the error: 2014-07-03 00:07:01 avexvss Error <18187>: Backup Agent is not running under the Avamar backup user account. Enter the logon credentials.2014-07-03 00:07:01 avexvss...
View ArticleRe: Exchange backup failure
Actually I had gone through the process upon the client install, and set this up, but the GLR service was set to manual. Not sure if that is suppose to be the case, but I did change it to automatic,...
View ArticleRe: Exchange backup failure
Just like I stated, a rookie....... I didn't bother to look at the whole folder structure to notice the restored items show up in a "recovered items" folder. Oh the gotcha's in using OWA. Had I been...
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