Incorrectly adding second HD to vDR (twice the c-drive)

[JaapL]

Hi all,

Fiddling with vDR.

Added a second harddisk to a VM.

Within vDR (after a while) NOT the second drive is added but the first drive again.

Anyone had the same problem and a solution ?

Thanx

Jaap

[admin]

Just to make sure I understand the issue, are you saying that you have the two vmdks that reside on different datastores but have the same name (which is the default vSphere behavior). However, VDR never backs up one of them because the name is the same?

What version of VDR are you using?

What does the VDR log entry say for the backup of this VM?

[JaapL]

Hi Azmir,

vDR version: 1.1.0.707 build 207380

Screenshot 11 shows the datastores connected to W2K3FILE1:

W2K3FILE1.vmdk

W2K3FILE1_Shares.vmdk

Datastores have different names (screenshot 14)

But internally, datastore browse, have the same .vmdk name (but not with -flat added as seen in the log entry).

Paths are different though as should be.

Screenshot 18 (DR client restore agent) shows that W2K3FILE1.vmdk files have been backuped.

It seems (log-entry) that both different (paths) vmdk-files have been backuped, but they are not.

The added harddisk has not (just Download-dir present as test).

Screenshot 17 is the log entry of the backup.

3-3-2010 14:13:07: Performing incremental back up of disk "[W2K3FILE1] W2K3FILE1/W2K3FILE1-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"

3-3-2010 14:21:58: Performing incremental back up of disk "[W2K3FILE1_Shares] W2K3FILE1/W2K3FILE1-flat.vmdk" using "SCSI Hot-Add"

Hope this helps.

Thanx Jaap

[admin]

When you browse in the Restore tab in the VDR vSphere Client plug-in, and expand the restore points for the W2K3FILE1 VM, what does it show as disks are are backed up?

[admin]

OK, just checked with the team

1) The disk added did backup - if you browsed in the restore tab for that VM via the vSphere client plug-in, you will see the disk that was added. You can try to a real or rehearsal restore of that disk and that should be successful.

2) The Windows FLR client does have an issue when a VM has two or more identically named disk and you mount the entire restore point. The first vmdk is mounted twice. This will fixed in an upcoming release.

[JaapL]

Hi Azmir,

ad 1) Tried a rehearsal and seen the different disk sizes it seems that different .vmdks have been put back

ad 2) Mounted both .vmdks seperately from within a restore point. But it still shows the first (C:) drive.

When is this new release available?

This means I can't do file restore when this file or files are on the second disk which is quit normal !

Other remarks:

a) It's quite annoying that the pull down menu for the destination datastore is not directly visible. (Same issue for HA options in Cluster 'edit settings')

b) Backup and restore actions, read MBs, are very slow.

c) How do you commit a 'Mark for delete'. I want to get rid of some restore points.

Thanx Jaap