Vranger vs. Vmware Data Recovery 2.0 "Application consistent quiescing"
Hello, I habe some question about the difference for this product. We habe a Vsphere 4.1 ESXi Environement with Vsphere Standard License which include DataRecovery. (We started with ESX 4.0 Standard...
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...
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Urgent restore problem - vRanger
Hello,we´ve got an problem with vranger.We are trying to restore an old backup by manifest file. The problem is, that we can´t select anything in the dropdown field.Restore, Restore by virtualmanifest,...
View ArticleUpgrade to 6.0.2, Catalog database failed to install - Reason: -1
Hi, I have just gone through and tried to upgrade from 5.0 to 6.0.2 and got the error of "Catalog database failed to install - Reason: -1" when trying to install/upgrade the catalogue DB. Everything...
View ArticleESXi, snapshots, and shadows of the past.
What to be aware when you move from ESX to ESXi. With more customers moving their infrastructure from ESX to ESXi (including version vSphere 5) I would like to cover one topic related to this upgrade.I...
View Articlevranger backup when moving to another vcenter
Hello all: I currently have latest vranger installed and it is connected to vcenter with vsphere 4.x hosts. We are planning a vsphere upgrade by building a new vcenter 5 and then upgrading the hosts...
View ArticleBacking up different drives from what is set in job
Here's an issue I just ran into. Hopefully it's pretty rare, but I think it's also potentially pretty serious... I just noticed on one of my backup jobs, that it is not backing up the drives that I...
View ArticleProblem using powershell after upgrading vRanger
Hi, I update vranger 5.5 to 6.0.1 and now my powershell script doesn't work anymore. This is the error message : Add-PSSnapin : Cannot load Windows PowerShell snap-in vRangeR.API.Powershell because of...
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 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 ArticleIs there a way to re-acquire 'lost' savepoints?
Hello, While cleaning up the vRanger repositories I frequently encounter lost savepoints. I'm not sure how they get created, possibly when I change the backup repository of a job to balance the free...
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FLR, greyed out files, Catalog and alternatives
For some reason dll files (and possibly others) are greyed out and could not be restored during FLR.Suggested workaround is to restore a parent folder with all files inside. This could be a time...
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 ArticlevRanger 6.0 VM network config (ESXi 5.1)
We are (cold) migrating our current vRanger 5.x (ESX 4.1) environment to a physically new ESXi5.1 infrastructure. We have found our new backups take up to a day (before timing out) to complete:...
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Error Message: 2654 - can't read vix... at io_size:125
Hi everybody, I've got one question with no answer from Quest Software... Here is my configuration : 2 x ESXi 5 with VMware Essential Plus Acceleration Kit1 x physical vRanger Server 5.2 with vCenter 5...
View ArticleRepository sizing recommendations?
Hello, We are now up to twenty 2TB repositories for vRanger. I had earlier mistakenly thought that moving to GPT disks for the repositories would prevent us from doing file level restores, but I see...
View ArticleBackup: Windows Server 2012 - Domain Controller (DC)
Hi, we plan to build an virtual Domain Controller on a Windows Server 2012 VM (on an ESXi 5.1 VMware Server). Will there be any Problem with the Backup of this VM or is everything as usual? Like on a...
View ArticleUpgrade to 6.0.2, Catalog database failed to install - Reason: -1
Hi, I have just gone through and tried to upgrade from 5.0 to 6.0.2 and got the error of "Catalog database failed to install - Reason: -1" when trying to install/upgrade the catalogue DB. Everything...
View ArticleVranger : HELP for Powershell scripts to create single backups for each 200 VMs
Hello All, I have 200 VMs to backup with VRANGER, but I need to have "single" backup for each VM so I need a PS script for that... My problem is that I can make a "group" backup for each ESX, but if a...
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...
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