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VDP - Avmar Migration: Part-2: Configuring Avamar Virtual Edition 7.2
In Part 1 we saw how to deploy and setup the basic Avamar 7.2 machine. In this article, we will have the appliance configured for usage.Open a browser and type...
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VDP - Avmar Migration: Part-3: Avamar Client And Configuring To vCenter Server
VDP - Avmar Migration: Part-2: Configuring Avamar Virtual Edition 7.2Previously we configured AVE services. Next we need to download the Avamar Client, install it and then configure a vCenter and...
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VDP - Avmar Migration: Part-4: Migrating Data And Jobs From VDP To Avamar
VDP - Avmar Migration: Part-3: Avamar Client And Configuring To vCenter ServerIn this part, we will replicate VDP backup data to Avamar and then migrate the jobs. First, to replicate the data from VDP...
View ArticleUnable To Reinstall SRM With Existing Database "The selected vCenter server...
There are scenarios where you will have to reinstall a vCenter site. When a vCenter site is reinstalled the SRM solution connected to it has to be reinstalled. The reinstall is usually done with an...
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VDP Error 1009 When Connecting To Web Client
When you try connecting to a specific VDP appliance from the web client, you will run into the generic Web Client Flash Error.This error is generally encountered when there is an issue with VMware...
View ArticleScript For VDP Proxy Registration Issue
Earlier in this article here we saw the issue where post an upgrade of VDP the ignore_vc_certificate parameter is flipped to false because of which the proxy registration fails. If you would like to...
View ArticleShell Script To Deploy vSphere Data Protection
Deploying vSphere Data Protection is always easy from the GUI. But with the 6.5 vCenter release there are a handful of issues with ova deployment. Hence, we use either ovf tool to deploy the VDP or we...
View ArticleShell Script To Monitor vSphere Data Protection 6.x Health Status
If you have issues with your VDP service / system functionality and would like a quick overview of how your maintenance services are doing, then look no further, for here is a script.This script does...
View ArticleShell Command: Understanding tee
By default when you run a command, the output is reflected onto stdout. Consider this simple example,# echo "Hello World"The output would be:Hello WorldThe output is displayed on stdout which is my...
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Unable To Install SQL/Exchange Backup Agent on vSphere Data Protection
When you upgrade your VDP from 5.8.x to/ot 6.0.x to/or 6.1.x you will need to uninstall the old backup agent, re download the new agent from the 6.1.x Configuration Tab and install it. However, this...
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VDP 6.x FLR - Failed To Get Disks: The VMDK Filename Is Not Valid Or Present
In this article, we will discuss about FLR issue Specifically, how the FLR functionality breaks when a VDP IP/hostname reconfiguration is done. Thanks to one of our customer's who logged in a ticket...
View ArticleBash Script To Extend Retention/Expiry Date Of A Restore Point In vSphere...
When you create a backup job, you get an option to specify how long should the backed up data be retained in the VDP appliance. Once the client is backed up, changing this expiry date is quite a...
View ArticleUnable To Send Email Report In VDP 6.1.4
This issue is applicable to 6.1.4 only. Here, you will be able to send a Test email, however, the scheduled email reports are not sent. In the vdr-server.log, you notice the following...
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Unable To Send Test Email In vSphere Data Protection 6.x
Once you configure email settings in VDP, the first thing we do is send a test email to verify the configuration is good. The test email content should be something like:This email has been generated...
View ArticleBackup vSphere Data Protection Using vSphere Data Protection? Really!
Some of you might have tried to backup VDP using a VDP appliance (Or self backup a VDP) and would have failed to get this VM added to a backup job. The admin guide states that you cannot backup VDP...
View ArticleDeploying vSphere Replication Using OVF Tool
If you ever run into vSphere Replication Appliance deployment issues from web client (Specially in Pre U1 release of vCenter 6.5) you can use the OVF tool to deploy this appliance. Here is a quick...
View ArticleVDP 6.1.4 Backup Failures For ESXi 5.1
When you backup a VM residing on ESXi 5.1 which does not share the storage with the ESXi hosting the VDP appliance, the backup will use nbd / nbdssl protocol. With VDP 6.1.4 these backups will fail.In...
View ArticleAutomating vSphere Replication Deployment Using Bash Script
If you ever run into issues with vSphere Replication deployment in 6.5 or any other versions, you can use ovf tool to perform this deployment. Ovf tool might look a little complex to perform the...
View ArticleDeploy vSphere Data Protection 6.1 Using OVF Tool + Automating The Deployment...
I am going to cover two things in this post rather than splitting it up because it is fairly simple. Before we get started, we had seen deploying VDP from a tool called govc CLI (Thanks to William Lam...
View ArticleBash Script To List Number Of Backups In VDP For Each Client
There might be situations where you have like a handful of VMs with multiple restore data, and you want to know how many restore data is available for each of these clients. Perhaps, you would like to...
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