How to Increase Timeout for vRanger?
After downgrading upgrading from vSphere ESX4.1u2 to ESXi 5.0 we get a performance problems and snapshot problems all over the place.A lot of VM now needs now some more time for creating a snapshot and...
View ArticleError Message: 2129 - can't write...
We are regulalry seeing this failure message and once it hits then all following backups fail (obviously). I'm guessing it's associated with the metadata.exe processes being stuck as I can guarantee I...
View ArticleProblem with LAN backup vRanger Pro 5.0 Can't read vix
I have vRanger 5.0 on a physical server and backup all vm:s over LAN.One vm is not being backed upp with error messageAn internal error occurred during execution, please contact Vizioncore support if...
View ArticlevRanger 6.0.1 w/ vSphere 5.1 fails to consolidate VMs randomly
We run a vRanger 6.0.1 nightly job to back up approximately 180 VMs residing across 4 vSphere 5.1 hosts. Every morning there are several VMs in vCenter that show up with the "virtual machine disks...
View ArticleRepo sync Powershell script
Non-official script! Provided on 'as-is' basis.It is recommended to have vRangerPro DB backup before running the script! Features:1. Scans CIFS (only!) repository for existing Savepoints. 2. Generates...
View ArticleThe database trasaction was rolled back.
Hello Our vRanger 5.3 is backing up multiple VMs on multiple hosts without problems. Only one Linux VM on an ESXi 5.0 fails every time. The messages in the log are: [2012-02-22 09:10:49.425]: Gathering...
View Article6.1 release details?
Hi Is there any details of new features for vRanger 6.1? and a release date? Thanks
View ArticleVranger 5.3 CIFS cannot connect to share
Hi all. Since 3 day I have the following problème: An internal error occurred during execution, please contact Quest support if the error persists. Error Message: 2916 - CIFS cannot connect to share...
View Articlev6.0.1 - backup job with error : Object reference not set to an instance of...
Hello everyone. On a two node vsphere 5.1 cluster I've created two new vm windows 2012. i created two replication jobs and two backup jobs.the replication jobs worked at the first run but the backup...
View ArticleAuto delete Exchange 2010 Logs after Backupjob with vRanger 5.2.1
Hey guys. I have a problem with the logs from Exchange 2010 VM after a Backupjob. Normaly the vRanger delete the logs automatically after the job is finished.But since a few weeks the logs are not...
View Article3201 & 3208 Errors during backups with vRanger Pro 5.0
I migrated the majority of my VM's from iSCSI to NFS datastores over the weekend. I ran backups Monday night with just one VM backup failing with a "the operation has timed out" message after it...
View ArticleRestore VM to new system without vRanger from vmdk.var archive file?
Hi, I have a vRanger backup from a ESX4 VM that I wish to restore to a completely different system and not located in anything managed or accessible by the vRanger that did the backup. Is it possible...
View ArticleError "Unable to locate host "
We've got 2 ESXi hosts at a colocation (say ahost and bhost). vRanger is on bhost, and bhost backups work great. All backups for VMs on the non-vRanger host are failing quickly now with the error "An...
View ArticleRepo sync Powershell script
Non-official script! Provided on 'as-is' basis.It is recommended to have vRangerPro DB backup before running the script! Features:1. Scans CIFS (only!) repository for existing Savepoints. 2. Generates...
View ArticlePurge DB T-SQL script
Non-official script! Provided on 'as-is' basis.It is recommended to have vRangerPro DB backup before running the script! Here you can find attached T-SQL script to purge records from DB.Ideally script...
View ArticlevRanger : Linux FLR and LVM (Workaround)
Hello,I had a problemwhenI wanted to make a filelevelrecovery (FLR)on alinuxVMwithLVMcontained multiple hard drive.Inthedocumentation LVM with multiple hard drive is not supportedbyQuestbut Ioffer you...
View ArticleBET-based repo synchronization script (reposync03)
Non-official script! Provided on 'as-is' basis. This is a new version of the popular reposync script. (http://communities.quest.com/thread/10839?tstart=0)Thanks to collaboration with R&D the script...
View ArticlePerformance tuning vRanger to run backups faster
Hi there, I recently started working with vRanger when I switched jobs. I'm backing up 50ish VM's at night that vary in size from 40GB to 300GB or so. The backup job is a Differential backup with 3...
View ArticleDoes VrangerPro support Hyper-V 2008 R2?
Hi there. Some time ago, I read a commitment that VrangerPro would support Hyper-V. Please can anyone tell me if VrangerPro does now support Hyper-V or if there are any plans for this? Many...
View ArticlevRanger running on Windows Server 2012
Does vRanger 6.0.2 support installation on Windows 2012? The Installation guide support matrix seems to indicate only supporting up to 2008 R2, but my initial googling on the question shows that all of...
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