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Unable To Expand VDP Storage: There Are Incorrect Number Of Disks Associated...
There have been few cases where I have been working on lately where there were issues expanding data storage on VDP appliance. In the vdp-configure page if you select the Expand Storage in the Storage...
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ISO Package Not Available During VDP Upgrade From 6.1
When you try upgrading the vSphere Data Protection Appliance from 6.1 to 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 / 6.1.3 the ISO package might not be detected. Once you mount the ISO and go to the vdp-configure page, the...
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SLACK Channel for VCAP Study Group
New Slack Channel Created for VCAP Study GroupPlease comment your Email address to join the Group.Channels available#VCAP6-DCV Deploy#VCAP6-DCV Design#VCAP6-CMA Deploy#VCAP6-CMA Design#VCAP6-DTM...
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vSphere Client Console Does Not Display Full Screen
So, while opening a console for any virtual machine from one particular workstation, the console display is not sized correctly. Below is the screenshot of the display.This was seen on only one...
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Part 1: Deploying And Configuring vSphere Replication 6.x
If you are using Site Recovery Manager, you would be using a replication technique to replicate the VM data from a protected to a recovery site. There are two ways to get this done. The first one is...
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VDP Upgrade To 6.1.3 Fails: Installation Of The Package Stalled
vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3 is a pretty stable release in the 6.x chain. However, there was an issue getting to this version from a prior release. This issue is specifically seen while upgrading VDP...
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vSphere 6.0 Web Client Does Not Load After An IP Change
Recently, I was tasked to change the IP address of my lab environment from 192.x range to a 10.x range. The deployment of vCenter was an appliance with an external Platform Services Controller.All the...
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Installing Site Recovery Manager 6.1
Site Recovery Manager is a DR solution provided by VMware to ensure business continuity in an event of a site failure. The VMs configured for protection will be failed over to the Recovery site to...
View ArticleConnecting VDP To Web Client Causes The Screen To Gray Out Indefinitely
Quite a while back there was a known issue in 6.1 version of VDP when residing on a distributed switch. Clicking the Connect button for VDP in Web Client caused the screen to gray out completely...
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Part 2: Pair Replication Sites And Configuring Replication
In the earlier article, we saw how to deploy and configure vSphere Replication Appliance.In this, we will see how to pair the replication sites and configure replication for a virtual machine. vSphere...
View ArticleUnderstanding Partial Backups in vSphere Data Protection
If a backup has failed mid way or cancelled manually, then that backup instance is labelled as partial. Here we will see how to identify a partial backup and how to remove it. Note that partial backups...
View ArticleRestore Virtual Machine From Command Line Using mccli
If you have worked on vSphere Data Protection, you will know that you can perform a Restore of a virtual machine from the VDP GUI in the web client. If the VDP web client GUI is unavailable and when...
View ArticleWhen Nothing Is Left, Avtar Restore To The Rescue
There are multiple ways to restore a virtual machine in vSphere Data Protection.Restoring from the classic GUI tab in Web Client of VDP appliance.Performing an Emergency Restore from the vdp-configure...
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Part 3: Recover A VM Using vSphere Replication
Part 2: Pairing vR Sites and configuring replication for a virtual machineIn this article, we will be performing a recovery of replicated virtual machine using vSphere replication. To perform a...
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Part 2: Pairing Sites in Site Recovery Manager 6.1
Part 1: Installing Site Recovery ManagerIn this article we will see how to pair the two SRM sites we installed previously. So if you see here, I have two SRM sites, Production and a DR site. Soon after...
View ArticleVDP 6.1.3 - ESXi 5.1 Compatibility Issues
The VMware interoperability matrix says VDP 6.1.3 is compatible with ESXi 5.1. However, if you backup a VM when VDP is running on a 5.1 ESXi it will fail. I tried this with the following setup.I...
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Part 3: Configuring Inventory Mappings In SRM 6.1
Part 2: Pairing Sites in SRM 6.1Once the SRM sites are paired, you will then have to configure Inventory Mappings on the production site. Inventory mappings basically tell, these are the resources that...
View ArticleCommenting Issues On The WebSite
Since the comments are integrated with Google+ I have not been receiving notifications for a comment left. Something is broken with Google Blogger - Google+ integration. To notify me when you comment,...
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Part 4: Creating Virtual Machine Protection Groups In SRM 6.1
Part 3: Configuring Inventory Mappings in SRM 6.1Once you configure inventory mappings, you will then have to configure protection groups. In protection group you will add the required virtual machines...
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Part 5: Creating Recovery Plans In SRM 6.1
Part 4: Creating protection groups for virtual machines in SRM 6.1Once you create a protection group, it's time to create a recovery plan. When you want to perform a DR test or a test recovery, it is...
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