Testing 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....
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File catalog seems to work but catalog not useable
HiThis is my first post, I am new to vRanger Of course I read the user/installation guide and the post in this communityAfter a trial version, I bought a licence with my new backup server. I can't...
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 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 ArticleThe inventory node [vmserver] [vm-821] is on a disconnected VC:
Hi all. What does the message 'The inventory node myvm [vm-821] is on a disconnected VC: myvcserver' mean ? Only 3 out of 20 virtual machines are affected. Have you any idea ? Thanks
View ArticleHow do I tell how full the vRanger DB is?
I have a stock 5.3.1 installation of vRanger using the SQL 2005 DB that maxes out at 4GB. Currently the environment has 5 virtual centers. ESXi (3 vc) 88 VMsESX (2 vc) 219 VMs Cataloging was turned...
View Articlehow to export Members of BackupGroup
Hello,how could I get a list of the members in a backupgroup?
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 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 ArticleError When Doing Full Backup
I did a full backup of a test VM the other night and it worked great and I was able to restore it. I tried one of our production servers next and I got the below email when it failed. I'm not sure if...
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 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 ArticleIssues enabling CBT
Hi, My VM's are hardware level 7, with the latest VM tools installed. When I right click the VM's in my vRanger inventory I have the option to enable CBT. I tell it to enable, it takes a second, and...
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 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 ArticleHow to get the same thruput with esxi?
Hi I recently upgraded to vpshere5. As you know, there's no ESX version anymore, just ESXi. With ESX 4.1, i used "direct to target", which was incredibly fast with a DataDomain (4x1 Gbit), as each host...
View ArticlevRanger 5.3 error when installing vRanger service
When upgrading from vRanger 5.2.1 and from a fresh install of vRanger 5.3 I am getting the following error message in the vRanger Service event log when the installer gets to the point of installing...
View ArticleBacking up VMs on 5 ESX4 hosts. One hosts always fails. No error given
I have five ESX4 hosts with about 80 VMs that I need to backup. On four of the hosts everything works just fine, but on the last one I cant get it to backup any VMs. I can see that snapshots are...
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