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olof_christenss
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Contributor

The host xxx for VMware Data Recovery appliance is not licensed, backups cannot not be performed.

This message is logged and it usually goes away if i restart the vdr appliance or sometimes i only need to wait for some times and then start the backups - does anyone else get this error message?

The host xxx for VMware Data Recovery appliance is not licensed, backups cannot not be performed.from time to time

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admin
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Immortal

Make sure you are running 1.0.1 -- there was an issue in 1.0 that has since been fixed.

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olof_christenss
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Contributor

Hi and thanks for your answer - i am already running 1.0.1!

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admin
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Are all the hosts licensed for

1)vSphere

2)Essentials Plus, Advanced, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus? If you have VMs that are on hosts running ESX3.5 or vSphere Essentials or Standard, then this is a valid message

Thanks

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olof_christenss
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Hi! yes the hosts is correct licensed

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admin
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Please open a SR with VMware. We have not had any reported license issues since the licensing issue was fixed in the VDR 1.0.1 release. Thanks!

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olof_christenss
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Contributor

Thanks - i will try to upgrade to 1.0.2 before i open up a SR.

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AlbertWT
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Yes, I am having problem too with this OVF appliance, i'm running ESXi 4 with vSPhere Essentials license and is there any thing that i can do to make the backup work ?

eg. upgrading it ?

Kind Regards,

AWT

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admin
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The vSphere Essentials license does not include a license for VDR. You will need to have the Essentials Plus license for VDR (Data Protection).

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/small-business/buy.html

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AlbertWT
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Oh, that is sucks >_< ... which one is the cheaper way ? upgrading the license or getting the VDR separately ?

Kind Regards,

AWT

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