BET-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 Article# of required vRanger servers for HotAdd (5.1)
Our current setup is: - vRanger 4.5 (because it's stable for us)- 1 vRanger server- Many CIFS LAN repositories, 1 per physical site- ESX 4.1 Classic, all backups are going directly from ESX COS >...
View ArticleVranger Replication Bewteen two Clusters
Hello Community, i'm wondering if it's possible to replicate Vmware ESXi 4.1 Vm's between two clusters under Essentials Plus Licence.Does anyone know?Thank you.Regards,Guillermo.-
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and vRanger
Has anyone tested the new ESXi5.1 and vCenter 5.1 with the current vRanger 5.5? Thanks
View ArticleIdea / Feature Request: Native file format
I would like to see an option for creating jobs that backup using the native virtual disk format - vmdk / vhd, etc. We have a Quantum DXi6702 that does such incredible de-duplication that any amount...
View ArticleIs it possible to restore VM from vRanger Repository Backup ?
Hi, We are currently using vRanger 6.1 with ESXi Hosts 5.1. We get a backup tape (1 Year ago) of vRanger Repositary for a particular VM. We are currently still running vRanger backup for that VM (Keep...
View ArticleRetention policy
Hi,I'm planning to use vRanger mostly in order to be able to restore machines states (using incremental backup), and FLR if necessary, on a two months period, with a full backup once a week.But I'm not...
View ArticleBest way to rerun a failed vm in a job
Hi, in first of all, sorry for my bad english.I want to know what is the best way to rerun a faild vm in a job of 40 vms without messing up the repository with extra full backups.Do i have to run a...
View ArticleConsolidation needed
Okay, am having a very painful issue. vRanger 6.1.0, vSphere 5.1. Using VA's to do backups. I have one 2008R2 Production VM that, for no reason I have been able to figure out, will no longer back up...
View ArticleFile Size Check: failed
We received an alert that I was unable to find anything about, can anyone advice? This is the first time we have seen this specific error. File Size Check - vRanger ESX MDB failed.Additional...
View ArticlevRanger 6.1 on Windows Server 2012
Hi,today we installed vRanger 6.1 on Windows Server 2012 with a SQL Express 2012 database.When adding the repository (CIFS, a share located on the same server) this error message appears:'Failed to...
View ArticleVC & Vranger
During the outage of VC (virtualcenter), how the vranger behaves?Will it keep doing its backup continuesly and able to star new jobs.
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 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 ArticleSQL Consistency for Replication
As I understood,there are 3 different Consistencies: Crash, File and Application. What we need for SQL is application consistent.What exactly I need to do for that, just activate “VSS” in VMware Tools...
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 ArticleTesting Backup/Restore with vRanger
I recently downloaded vRanger to test the backup and restore features for our VMs. I did a backup last night of a test VM, which completed sucessfully, and now I'm wanting to test the restore process....
View ArticleError: 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...
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Inconsistency on 'My Repository' screen. Orphaned savepoints.
Take a look at the following picture.Each of my jobs is set as incremental with threshold 6 and savepoint count 14. Jobs are executed daily and I expect to see at least 2 week worth of backup for each...
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