Restore from File Server Repository (vRanger 5.2)
I back up to a repository on a file server that is mapped as the Z: drive on my vRanger back up server (W2K8R2), but unfortunately when I try to perform an on demand restore, I'm only seeing my C drive...
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 ArticleCan vRanger backup ESXi 5 (free edition)
Hi guys and GalsA simple question.Can vRanger backup ESXi 5 free edition housed guests.Thanks you for your assistance RegardsMark
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...
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Unable to recognize virtual device: Vizioncore. Vim20. Virtual Device
I had an issue yesterday that I was able to fix with the help of an employee. Thanks again Igor - http://communities.quest.com/thread/24327 Now it seems I have another issue with the restore. I'm...
View ArticleUnable to backup vCenter VM with vRanger 6.0.1
Hello Quest Community, since the upgrade from vRanger 5.5 I am unable to backup my vCenter VM. I am using vCenter and ESXi 5.1. vRanger is installed on a hardware machine wich iSCSI connection. Any...
View ArticleVRanger 5.5 backup fails with large VMDK and GPT
I was wondering if anyone else has seen this. I opened a ticket with quest a while ago and they were not able to tell me what it was or fix it. Were getting backup failures with Vranger 5.5 running 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 ArticleRestoring VM hangs on 40%
Hi We are using latest vRanger 4.5 for our ESX 4 hosts( we have recenlty upgraded from v3 to v4). To do backups via iSCSI Backups seem to operating just fine utilzing iSCSI back end. We are tyring to...
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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 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 Article6.0.1 - HotAdd mostly not working
Hi, This will be my first post since i used the products for the past few years. I got a problem with HotAdd at the moment, which doesn't seem to work correctly.From the 45 virtual machines we backup...
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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 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 ArticleUser Restore Access on vRanger
Hi, on my holidays my college had to restore same files from a vRangerfile. Hi has Domain Administrator rights, and could not restore because his credential are not accepted. If he took my credential...
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 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 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...
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6.01 - Snapshot creation *painfully* slow
Hello! Upgraded from 6.0 to 6.01 and for the first time I am able to do quiesced snapshots on my ESXi 5.1 hosts. This is great. However, I am noticing not only that these snapshots are slow, but that...
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