Re: VDP backups always fail regardless of state
Please be sure to open a Support Request so that the issue can be tracked and hopefully resolved. make sure you are using the latest GA release of VDP (currently 5.5.6). Thank you.
View ArticleiSCSI SAN transport in a VM
At VMware KB: Best practices when using advanced transport for backup and restore it says "SAN transport is supported only on a physical machine". I'm wondering why this is, and if there are any ways...
View ArticleRe: VDP backups always fail regardless of state
Nevermind I just found that my VDPA 5.5.6 is unable to perform backup of powered off machines. Yet another VDPA story to tell my grandsons...
View ArticleVMWare Data Protection storage questions
Hello,i try to deploy a vmware data protection appliance.When i start the wizard i can create new storage max 2 TiB.At the next step i can click "save with appliance" or i can select a datastore with...
View ArticleRe: VMWare Data Protection storage questions
Hi Dennis, Answers to your questions:At the next step i can click "save with appliance" or i can select a datastore with max 3 HD's a 1024 TiB.What is the difference? With "Store with appliance"...
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Thanks. If i create an appliance i can select 0,5 TB to 2 TB.Is this the backup storage?Can i expand it?
View ArticleRe: VMWare Data Protection storage questions
if I am not mistaken ...once its configured its not possible to expand an existing VDP deduplication store or change its disk size parameters.Deduplication data plus backup checkpoints and logs counts...
View ArticleRe: VDP backup jobs hung at 92%
This issue still happens even on the latest version of 5.5. The resolution to this issue is to increase the memory of the appliance to 8 GB. I've been fighting this very same issue for weeks as I...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Data Protection stucks at 92% on Windows 2008 R2 VMs
Having this exact problem on 5.5 and have been troubleshooting for weeks. I too increased the memory to 8 GB and problem completely solved! Thank you for posting this.
View ArticleGood low priced vdp replication units?
Hi all, We have a small 2 desk office in another town and would like to put a small nas unit like a Buffalo nas or similar in a corner there to accept replication from our VDP. Where might I find a...
View ArticleRe: Good low priced vdp replication units?
you should look at VMware HCL for compatible Storage/SAN systems->Array type: NAS ... for relevant ESXi host release.VMware Compatibility Guide: Storage/SAN SearchFor Buffalo Inc. there is only one...
View ArticleDelete and start over?
I blundered on the disk size with my first VDP deployment. While I got the size big enough, there isn't room to hold the number of generations I need. If I wanted to delete what I have now (I've...
View ArticleRe: Delete and start over?
Do you want add additional space to the VDP appliance ? If yes, you will be able to do this if you're running the VDP Advanced, if using the VDP Basic you will need to delete the old appliance and...
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how restore dynamic disc?
s I doto restore avirtualmachinewith 3dynamicdisks.I need to createa new machinefromthe backups you've done are3 discsandmakea dynamicpartitionas driveF:when I do therestoretells me tocreatea new...
View ArticleDoes VMware Data Protection (VDP) support Microsoft Cluster (MS Cluster)...
I have a Microsoft Cluster configured under VMware VMs. Does VMWare Data Protection (VDP) support / work backing up / restoring via snapshots this type of client environment? Note that the Product...
View ArticleRe: Does VMware Data Protection (VDP) support Microsoft Cluster (MS Cluster)...
Unfortunately NOT because MSCS on VMware require SCSI bus-sharing to be enabled on the VMs. (snapshots are not supported for disks connected to bus-sharing configured controllers)Second and the same...
View ArticleRe: Does VMware Data Protection (VDP) support Microsoft Cluster (MS Cluster)...
That is what I was suspecting. Followup to this, my client went and created a single node MS Cluster under VM, and used vmdk disk for the MS Cluster. They got away with this because it was a single...
View ArticleVMware Data Protection (VDP) "Backup/Restore VM" cause Single Node Microsoft...
The environment is as follows:A 2 node physical MS Cluster was made a single node MS Cluster and then P2V was performed to a VMware VM. This was done because the belief that the DB2 and MQ Series...
View ArticleRe: VMware Data Protection (VDP) "Backup/Restore VM" cause Single Node...
Hello Phil, I understand that your customer wants a bullet proof information about that ... so just a bit about MSCS and snapshots: with bus-sharing mechanism in virtual mode you share single .vmdk...
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