Re: VDP: A backup/restore/validate activity did not start within the alloted...
It works after I issue this command : mccli event ack --include=22631 in an ssh session.I'm now able to backup manually and in schedule. But now the VDP is in Admin mode and no backup can start. So...
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You can check disk space with du command.See KB 2042185. Try to start gsan with:dpnctl start gsan (Starts Core Services and Maintenance Services)
View ArticleRe: Script to Boot up VMs after Backup Jobs ?
You should write a PS PowerCLI script that will bring given VMs back (Start-VM commandlet), once the job is finished. Then, you need to convert the script to a bat file, using one of the methods...
View ArticleRe: Veeam Nightmare
We use Veeam for all of our virtual machines and its a breeze. People love Veeam for a few reasons, #1 you can read the entire install/admin manual in less than an hour and fully understand and use the...
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Some of the few reasons I need to perform "cold" backups are : 1. External factors that cause applications and database not being to get VM Quiescence or that the VSS fails frequently when running...
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Are you talking here about VMware Quiescence or Application Aware Image Processing? And what particular errors you got? Cheers.
View ArticleDisaster Recovery - Best Practice
Hi, I’m trying to understand how I can DR our vmware environment. We currently run ESXi 5.1 and NetBackup Enterprise 7.6. Our datastores are stored on a NetApp FAS2070. We use a Scalar i80 tape...
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Long story... Replication crippled most of our backups. What can we do now?
And here we go... On March we decided to use VDP and VR. We're running vSphere 5.1 U1, according to the matrices below we installed VDP 5.5.5 and VR 5.1.2. Later, on April, we patched VDP from...
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What kind of RTO/RPO are you trying to achieve? What kind of disasters are you trying to protect against? Localized, regional? Is your redundant storage in the same location as your primary storage?...
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Thank you very much for the response. I'm trying to protect against mainly a local fire or flood, definitely a localised disaster. The problem we have is the redundant storage is in the same location,...
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There's a couple different ways you could set this up and streamline it a bit. For starters, have you looked at Veeam (or anything similar)? Great product. It performs image level backups with MPIT...
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VDP 5.5 - Fun with Snapshots
Hi, Okay, I know, the title is misleading. This actually wasn't all that funny I ran in to an episode with snapshots hanging after a VDP failure. It's all sorted, just thought I'd share my...
View ArticleCan't install DP / DNS Issues
Receiving this error message IP/DNS could not be resolved. Please check the hostname, domain, and DNS values for forward and reverse lookup validation. I have manually added the static record to my...
View ArticleRe: Can't install DP / DNS Issues
I was seeing the same issues setting up VDP 5.5. As I recall you have to use FQDN in host name - or perhaps it's the other way around, you must only set a hostname, not a FQDN.If you are reconfiguring...
View ArticleRe: Script to Boot up VMs after Backup Jobs ?
Actually I got quite a few different issues from different servers ranging from VMware Quiescence or Application Aware Image Processing or VSS (as I discovered and is trying to remove Backup Exec VSS...
View ArticleRe: Server has reached the capacity health check limit
Hi,the point of situation is:1946273 2014-08-13 13:03:16 CEST WARNING 22630 SYSTEM PROCESS / Server has reached capacity.1941118 2014-08-13 06:14:41 CEST WARNING 22416 SYSTEM PROCESS / The...
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In regards to Quiescence and AAIP issues, you can open a ticket with Veeam support team and/or create a topic on product community forum, as logs investigation will be most likely required. That’s what...
View ArticleRe: Script to Boot up VMs after Backup Jobs ?
I agree with you, but most of these issues were from legacy 92003 or 2008) servers that were converted from P2V. Nonetheless, for full backups of busy servers, Monthly or Quarterly cold backups are...
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I see your point. I’ve also come across issues related to P2V converted VMs several times. As to cold backup, then, script specified as a backup job activity should be your way to go. Cheers.
View ArticleRe: Server has reached the capacity health check limit
Hello Alessandro, I think that's because your /space partition is almost filled-up... with this command verify what file consuming the most of the space:/usr/local/avamar/var/mc/#: du -h you will...
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