how to know the size of backup image via VDP

[walker420]

Hi,

After configuring vShpere Data Protection, i run backup jobs successfully, but from job details, i can't find the size of backup image,

is there some way to get it?

i feel that, with VDP, it's quite easy, i don't even konw it's backup speed, size of backup image, etc.

[snekkalapudi]

Hi,

You can find those details in the log file associated with the backup.

How to know that log file ?

See the task & events for the VDP appliance, which should have the Backup Job (something like <BackupJobName>-<13digitnumber>

Now you know the backup job id, so ssh to the VDP appliance and grep/search for the string '<BackupJobName>-<13digitnumber>'

The file you might be interested ends with vmimagew.log (if VM backedup is windows). If VM backed up is linux it ends with vmimagel.log

[walker420]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

i didn't find the backup job id you said, here is my steps.

1. login on the web client

2. vShpere Data Protection->Reports->Event Console/Task Console.

do you mean this way?

in addition, i didn't also find the log file on VDP appliance.(find / -name "vmimage*")

does it has log level? i used the default log level.

thanks

walker

[snekkalapudi · Accepted solution]

Connect to vCenter through thick client. Select the VDP appliance and goto tab 'Tasks & Events'

Now find the Backup job id - See attached file for reference.

Now ssh to the vdp appliance and run the following command. /* Make sure to provide the backup job id in the command */

grep -i "Logging to" /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy*/<BACKUP JOBID>*vmimage?.log

The output of the command contains the path of original log file for the backup which should contain the full information.

Snip of info from my log file (which you might want to look)..

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9752>: Performance:  11221.9 MB/minute

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9753>: Duration: 00:03:39 (+ 00:00:00 idle/loading/preparing)

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9754>: VDDK IO  9229.00 MB, Performance:   5954.2 MB/minute, Duration: 00:01:33

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9755>: Avamar De-dupe input  9229.00 MB, Performance:   4429.9 MB/minute, Duration: 00:02:05

[walker420]

thanks for your great help.

i think your reply have figured my problem out.

one more thing i want to learn about, from your log output:

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9754>: VDDK IO  9229.00 MB, Performance:   5954.2 MB/minute, Duration: 00:01:33

2013-03-25 03:47:27 avvcbimage Info <9755>: Avamar De-dupe input  9229.00 MB, Performance:   4429.9 MB/minute, Duration: 00:02:05

from the output, we can see that it prints two-line message containing the size of VM,here is 9229.00MB.

VDDK IO 9229.00MB and Avamar De-dupe input  9229.00 MB, they have their own performance,

what's the difference between them? and what do they represent respecitvely?

thanks

walker