vRanger 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 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 ArticleUsing a Seagate Business Storage NAS with vRanger
Has anyone successfully integrated a Seagate Business Storage NAS with vRanger? We were using a Seagate Black Armor NAS for storage of the repositories in vRanger without problems. When we recently...
View ArticleError Message: 2355 - Configuration mismatch
Hello Together, we use vRanger 5.3.0 and always get this error on 2 of our machines (both are VMs on ESXi 4.1).Message: An internal error occurred during execution, please contact Quest support if the...
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...
View ArticleUpgrade to ESX 4.1 Now all vRanger backups are failing.
We upgraded to ESX 4.1 over the weekend, and now all of our vRanger backups are failing. The error is "Failed to acquire vm lock /vmfs/volumes/4b1d54b4-a57bbbb7-b28d-0025b5de010f/HQ-DC-vSWX-01/.vzmutex...
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:...
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 ArticleWhat's being backed up?
Hello everyone, I did a search, but could not find what I was looking for. Here's what I need help with... I have a spreadsheet with about 300 servers in it. I'd like to be able to get some sort of...
View Articlevranger hot add on different clusters
Hi guys a little help please: situation: CLUSTER1 -------------> VMFS1, VMFS2, VMFS3 -ESX1-ESX2 -ESX3 CLUSTER2 -------------> VMFS1, VMFS2, VMFS3-ESX4-ESX5-ESX6 As you can see each...
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 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 ArticleError Message: 2654 - can't read phys:/vmfs/volumes/
Hi all, I’ve recently started looking after a vRanger server which is in US. All the machines in there are getting backed up as normal however onthree machines I get same message and they fail every...
View ArticleVranger 6.1 no FLR from Catalog search for Multiple Files?
Hello, when i search for a file and file the same in many folders, i can not restore all of them, only one. http://abload.de/img/vranger_flrw9x6l.png
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 ArticleVranger 5.3.1.23760 - Virtual Appliance & Replication - ESXi 4.1 U1 Cluster...
Hello Community, I've wandering around the forum trying to get a conclusive answer about replication times. This is the scenario: Essentials Plus Cluster - Three ESXi 4.1 U1 Hosts replicating 2 VM's...
View ArticlevRanger VA will not boot - UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY - but time is synced
hiif i try to install a VA it wont boot and wont install the vmware tools. i get the following error "/dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY".The KB of says i should check my Time on...
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 ArticleHow do I setup backup to another SAN off property?
we have vranger 6.1 on esxi 5.1 with 9 guest systems. I need to send a backup to the other SAN.We donot need replication, only a place to singularly store each guest vm. The external SAN has esxi 4.1...
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...
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