Error: Open snapshots are not supported.
I am having this problem when trying to fall back a Windows 2008 VM. My first question is what is "Open snapshot"? does it mean just a snapshot, or a snapshot being created currently? I have a Windows...
View ArticleError Message: The VM has no disks
Hi, I hope anyone can help me?! I got the error message from three different backup jobs of vRanger. "An internal error occurred during execution, please contact Vizioncore support if the error...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 and vRanger replication job 'no credentialed hosts found'...
I had replication jobs in vRanger working properly while running vCenter Server 5.1 and vRanger 6.1.0.35402. I then updated the vCenter Server and all five ESXi hosts to version 5.5 and added two...
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 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 and Vsphere 5.5
Now that Vsphere 5.5 is available, is anything known about a new version of vRanger supporting Vsphere 5.5?
View ArticleRanger Report alternative. Flexible PowerShell script
Few customers are concerned with the fact that scheduled reports in Ranger 6.1.0 disappear after service restart. On-demand reports seem to be ok.This bug will be fixed in v. 7.xI posted one...
View Articledifferential backups running as full backups
Hi, i have recently upgraded to 6.1.035402, (hosted on w2008R2 server) this is communicating to vCenter 5, managing ESX4.1 and ESX5 hosts. This appears to have become an issue since i moved from one...
View ArticleBackup via Appliance
Hello,I would like to backup a couple of VMs over LAN, as we now have a 10Gbit network. I deployed two vRanger appliances on two of our ESXi 5.1 U2 Servers and installed the vmxnet3 adapters. All the...
View ArticleRetention Policies, Post-Process and locked files.
I've been using vRanger for some time now and I haven't yet been able to use it the way I'd like to. Basically, my goal is to create one full backup every week on a pre-determined day and differential...
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 ArticlevRanger 5.2 Sweep repository to tape with backup exec on seperate server?
I have a situation that I was hoping I can get some help with from the community. I have a 15TB repository for vRanger (yes it is larger)I have many backup jobs writing to this repository quite...
View ArticleBackup using VA fails
Hello, for testing purposes I installed vRanger 5.5 within a VM and deployed a VA (v 1.5) associated to the cluster. The two hosts in this cluster are running ESXi 5.0.0; the VC Server is v5.0.0 too....
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 ArticleRe: Features vRanger 7
We just recently upgraded all of our servers to VMWare 5.5, and we need to install vRanger for backups. Does anyone know if vRanger 6.1, for the most part, will run ok on vSphere 5.5 - or are we...
View ArticleMessage: Unable to replicate as no valid transport protocols are available.
vRanger 5.2 installed.Built a seed from a vcenter 4.0.x to a SANshipped the san to remote location. attempt to start the replication job from A to B get the following message from a failed job An...
View ArticlevRanger 7
When exactly is vRanger 7 being released? Jan 2014 tells me nothing other than it can be Jan 31. I am running 6.1 and due to the fact that I have to reboot frequently, I lose the reports after every...
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