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0zzY
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Scheduling replication job

Hi all,

is it possible to run the replication job only during the morning and afternoon?

I have seen that if replication job are eneble, backupexec job scheduled during the night fails.

any suggests?

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Hyusein
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Hi,

Currently it's not possible to specify an absolute time on when to schedule the replication. RPO is a replication property that describes the time between two consistent replicas. Perhaps adjusting this parameter can give some results.

Could you provide more info for the environment. Where the backup job runs (primary or recovery site)? What backup solution do you use? What is the error reported?

Thanks,

Hyusein

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0zzY
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I have only a primary site replicating to nfs datastore. BackupExec2012 runs on a physical server  Smiley Sad (jobs include only vm on the primary site)

Errors deal about VSS problems, in particular backing up system state.. i can't now indicate you the exact error.

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asitdesai
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Please file an SR for this issue and this is not expected behavior.

At present only way to configure the replication schedule is if you can allow routes from the ESX hosts to VR Server on ports 31031 or 44046 only during certain times of a day.

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donald_eady
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Hey Ozzy,

           Perhaps i can help come up with a solution. I not terribly familiar with VMware backups but have number of colleagues here that are. Ill PM you my Contact information and perhaps you can provide me with some more detailed information on your issue.

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veasyman625
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I am using Acronis vmProtect 8 and this is affected by same issue (i.e. failing) when VM is replicated using quiescing.

I have a workaround, using Scheduled Tasks, I have created a task to  shutdown vSphere Replication Appliance at 9pm, and another taskt to  power it on at 3am.  This gives vmProtect 8 six hours to complete its  backup using quiescing.

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0zzY
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Hi veasyman625 can you share your script? does it make a brutal power off or a shutdown?

You have scheduled directly on vCenter server?

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veasyman625
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I used Scheduled Tasks in the Management section of vCenter Server.

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