So according to the release notes for VDR 1.0.2 here (http://www.vmware.com/support/vdr/doc/vdr_102_releasenotes.html) you will see the following note:
However I've just installed the newer version of the VDR appliance and it appears that the backups are not seing additional disks that have the same name but are on different LUNs. Can anyone else confirm if 1.0.2 fixed this for you?
As some examples/background info:
Situation 1 we have a server called vc-sus-01 with 2 disks,disk 1 is vc-sus-01.vmdk (16Gb) and is on LUN1, disk 2 is called vc-sus-01.vmdk(40Gb) and is on LUN2. When I setup the backup job it does see both vmdk files correctly but after the successful back job runs and I look in the log I see this:
10/28/2009 5:00:08 PM: Normal backup using Test Job
10/28/2009 5:00:29 PM: Copying vc-sus-01
10/28/2009 5:00:44 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfs_lun01\vc-sus-01/vc-sus-01-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 5:20:06 PM: Task completed successfully
Which to me indicates it never tried to backup the 2nd 40Gb disk? When I go into restore rehersal I only see one disk will be created and if I select it it says total amount to restore 16Gb which indicates it doesn't have that 2nd disk.
Situation 2 is similar to above except the disks are named differently and on different SANs tech though I don't know that would matter? In this case I have a server called "server2" which also has 2 disk except in this case I've either moved both disks to the same LUN at some point or renamed one disk. Either way it has disk 1 is server2.vmdk (16Gb) on a different SAN, Disk 2 is server2_1.vmdk (80Gb).
10/28/2009 6:00:08 PM: Normal backup using Test Job
10/28/2009 6:02:08 PM: Copying Server2
10/28/2009 6:02:25 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfs_D1\server2_1/server2-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 6:49:46 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfms_lun09\ server2/server2_1-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 7:29:40 PM: Task completed successfully
So in the 2nd scenario it seems to work fine. When I go into restore rehersal for it I see 2 disks will be created and if I select it it says total amount to restore 96Gb which indicates it doesn't have that 2nd disk.
I know I can go and rename the disks but I have quite a few boxes and some with 3-4 disks on different LUNS all with the same name. As far as I know this was supposed to be fixed in 1.0.2 but I'm not seeing it. Everything else has been working fine for weeks just this little issue and I know I can fix it by doing a bunch of manual work but wondered if I was missing something. FYI I also did try to create a new job just in case it was something in the config of the imported jobs when I installed the new appliance but it didn't make a difference.
- Multiple VMDKs with the Same Name not Handled Properly \\\\ A
virtual machine can have multiple VMDK files with the same name that
are stored on different LUNs. In such a case, Data Recovery would only
restore one of the disks. Data Recovery now restores all disks.
However I've just installed the newer version of the VDR appliance and it appears that the backups are not seing additional disks that have the same name but are on different LUNs. Can anyone else confirm if 1.0.2 fixed this for you?
As some examples/background info:
Situation 1 we have a server called vc-sus-01 with 2 disks,disk 1 is vc-sus-01.vmdk (16Gb) and is on LUN1, disk 2 is called vc-sus-01.vmdk(40Gb) and is on LUN2. When I setup the backup job it does see both vmdk files correctly but after the successful back job runs and I look in the log I see this:
10/28/2009 5:00:08 PM: Normal backup using Test Job
10/28/2009 5:00:29 PM: Copying vc-sus-01
10/28/2009 5:00:44 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfs_lun01\vc-sus-01/vc-sus-01-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 5:20:06 PM: Task completed successfully
Which to me indicates it never tried to backup the 2nd 40Gb disk? When I go into restore rehersal I only see one disk will be created and if I select it it says total amount to restore 16Gb which indicates it doesn't have that 2nd disk.
Situation 2 is similar to above except the disks are named differently and on different SANs tech though I don't know that would matter? In this case I have a server called "server2" which also has 2 disk except in this case I've either moved both disks to the same LUN at some point or renamed one disk. Either way it has disk 1 is server2.vmdk (16Gb) on a different SAN, Disk 2 is server2_1.vmdk (80Gb).
10/28/2009 6:00:08 PM: Normal backup using Test Job
10/28/2009 6:02:08 PM: Copying Server2
10/28/2009 6:02:25 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfs_D1\server2_1/server2-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 6:49:46 PM: Performing full back up of disk "vmfms_lun09\ server2/server2_1-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"
10/28/2009 7:29:40 PM: Task completed successfully
So in the 2nd scenario it seems to work fine. When I go into restore rehersal for it I see 2 disks will be created and if I select it it says total amount to restore 96Gb which indicates it doesn't have that 2nd disk.
I know I can go and rename the disks but I have quite a few boxes and some with 3-4 disks on different LUNS all with the same name. As far as I know this was supposed to be fixed in 1.0.2 but I'm not seeing it. Everything else has been working fine for weeks just this little issue and I know I can fix it by doing a bunch of manual work but wondered if I was missing something. FYI I also did try to create a new job just in case it was something in the config of the imported jobs when I installed the new appliance but it didn't make a difference.
