We have been backing up our VMware environment to a Data Domain using VDP. We recently upgraded to a new Data Domain and I want to move my backups to it.
I tried to go into VDP and edit the DD info, but I get an error message at the completion of the Wizard. Something along the lines of "can't update the local instance" (going off a really bad memory). I read in the documentation that before you can remove a DD, you have to delete all checkpoints. If I wanted to change the DD, do I have to delete all checkpoints first?
I'd really like to keep the backups I have, at least for a month until EMC comes to collect their old DD. Not sure how I would restore from the old backups if I point VDP to the new DD. I tried adding a 2nd DD inside VDP, but that option is greyed out. I suspect it only allows one.
I was thinking of perhaps standing up a 2nd VDP appliance and pointing it at the new DD, and using it to do all future backups, and use the old appliance in case I need to do a restore. Can I have two VDP appliances at the same time?