Purge 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 PowerCLI strange behaviour
Hello, I am using vRanger 5.2 to backup my VMs on a newly upgraded vSphere 5.1 from 4.1 (yesterday!). For a couple of backup jobs, I have a script that gets the power state of the VMs and operates...
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 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 ArticleRequest to vRanger developers
Aloha, Great, great program. Never let me down... However I do have one request. I have some VMs that have second drives. For the smaller second drives, I back those up with vRanger. The larger drives...
View ArticleSlow Throughput
I know this is asked a lot and I do apologize. I have read through the forums and all the solutions point to the update from January 5, 2010 to improve throughput. So far the best throughput I can get...
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 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 ArticlevRanger v5.3.0.23489 Backup is Very Slow
I have started the upgrade of my VMware Infrastructure from ESX v4.1 Update 1 WITH the Service Console to ESX 5i (obviously with no Service Console). I wiped the system disks and loaded ESX 5i...
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 ArticleRDM Backup Fail
Hello, I have upgraded my ESXi Hosts to VMWare ESXi 5.1 and my vRanger to version 6.0.1.Now I can't backup my Exchange and SQL Server because they are using RDM's.I have found the following knowledge...
View ArticleVranger Adding Additional vmdk disk to it settings
Hey Everyone, I have been searching this forum trying to find an answer to a question I have. Not sure if I am missing it or it is not there. Anyway, we are seeing something strange with vranger. All...
View ArticleProblems with vRanger 5.5 and ESXi 5.1 VM with virtual Hardware Version vmx-09?
Hi Everyone, I have a short Question about vRanger 5.5 and the new VMware ESXi 5.1 Servers. I have one new ESXi 5.1 Server and migrated a VM on this new System. I also upgraded the Hardware of the VM...
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 ArticleSnapshot removal taking way longer in vRanger 6.0.2 then vReplicator 3
I recently upgraded from vReplicator 3 to vRanger 6.0.2 (or rather, stood up new service and created new jobs). Ever since, the snapshot removal process takes at least 3x as long as it used to. As a...
View ArticlevRanger 6.1.0 - Replication jobs caused a ESXi 4.1 Update 3 failure
Dear All, Did somebody experienced any problems with replication for vRanger 6.1 and ESXi 4.1 Update 3? Our setup is : - 2 IBM System x 3650 M3 servers with LSI2008 HBA connected to an IBM DS3500....
View Articleautomatic retry if a job fails
Hi All,I spoke to a customer who has 16 cpu of vRanger pro 6.1.When a replication job fails they have to launch it manually.They are thinking to pass to veeam because they have the automatic retry. As...
View ArticlevRanger 5.3 - first replication after pre-seeding
Hi, I installed vRanger 5.3 and am trying to replicate a VM that I have backed up from a remote location and restored to my data centre (there is a WAN connection in between). This is all done...
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 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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