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Re: configure multiple networks for ESXi

jnsvano — Thu, 12 May 2022 10:55:52 GMT

I think "tagged ports" on Aruba is the same as "VLAN trunking" on Cisco. I did check, and put either both ports to "tagged", or network A to untagged and network B to tagged, it didn't help.

configure multiple networks for ESXi

jnsvano — Thu, 12 May 2022 07:29:18 GMT

Hello All,

I'm not strong in Vmware networking, just need to return back to life ESXi 6.7 server, once was working ok. It has only one physical NIC once connected to Aruba/HP switch, but which port nobody remembers. Server has virtual machines from networks A and B.

So, network A is also management network, and when I connect server to untagged Network A port, web interface and vm's from that network work OK. I added same Aruba port as tagged for Network B, but no luck.

Network B has it's own Portgroup and vSwitch, I tried set Vlan Id for Portgroup, but doesn't help. vSwitch's security settings are: Promiscuous mode Reject, MAC address changes Accept and Forged transmits Accept.

So, how I must configure Aruba port ?

Re: Connecting from vCenter Appliance 5.5 to VDP 5.8 hangs

jnsvano — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:29:23 GMT

Did you try other versions, newer than 5.8 ? We have working version 6.1.8, if I remember right (and yes, with vcsa 5.5)

Re: oracle vm backup

jnsvano — Wed, 09 May 2018 05:17:26 GMT

Thanks for reply. I googled those pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts, and it seems that all are using alter database backup statement, thus meaning database must in archivelog mode ?

oracle vm backup

jnsvano — Fri, 04 May 2018 11:53:41 GMT

Hello,

Any ideas, how can I backup Linux vm with Oracle db inside through vdp (or with any other solution) ? Main problem is db is often broken after restore.

Re: vdp state admin in version 6.1.4

jnsvano — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:13:38 GMT

Thank you for replies, yes, that was the reason.

vdp state admin in version 6.1.4

jnsvano — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:40:20 GMT

Hi,

Recently I upgraded to version 6.1.4 and seems to be I began to get all sort of errors. This one I see more often:

09/22/2017 01:12:30: Backup job named "job3" completed.

09/22/2017 01:02:39: Appliance has changed from "Full Access" to "Admin". Backup functionality is no longer available.

09/22/2017 01:00:30: Backup job named "job3" started.

Checking #dpnctl status:

dpnctl: INFO: gsan status: degraded
all other services are up.

How to get instance to normal state ?

Re: How to Export VMs list from Backup Jobs created on VDP appliance

jnsvano — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:44:28 GMT

Hi,

You could export vm list from terminal using commands like mccli group show and mccli group show-members.

Re: VDP EOA

jnsvano — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:11:27 GMT

I'd say, "extremely disappointing"

I also didn't understand, must we purchase now something from Dell, additionally ? Though there is a following note found:

"... Alternatively, since the product is based on Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition, Dell EMC is offering a more scalable solution, AT NO COST, that takes advantage of existing vSphere Data protection capabilities...." following by:

"Dell EMC has introduced an offer ... includes .. Three years of free licensing of Avamar Virtual Edition up to the first 4TB of protected data. Maintenance costs will continue to apply..."

"Additional Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition licenses will need to be purchased to protect data beyond 4TB"

"After three years, customers will be required to purchase licenses to continue using Avamar Virtual Edition"

price of this license and price of "maintance costs" ?

Vdp replication question

jnsvano — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:39:56 GMT

Hello.

Anyone using replication here ? I'm thinking about replication to to other location, we have VDP 6.1 (not advanced), and, according to docs, there is still a product called RTI (Replication Target), available only in version 5.8, that does not need an additional license. Could I install free ESXi on remote location, install that RTI and use replication ?

Re: VDP 6.1 Backup Failures

jnsvano — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:15:17 GMT

Hi, did you see this:

Code : 30983
Summary : The server could not find an appropriate proxy to service the job.
Description : The server was not able to find a proxy based on your proxy selection preference and the proxy setup to service a job. Please review the setup for the proxies and the MCS preference for the proxy selection algorithm.

Re: vdp 6.1.3 upgrade - problem with external proxy

jnsvano — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:21:56 GMT

After upgrade, there is an error connecting to external proxy from appliance due to "wrong credentials". The only way to resolve it, is to delete external proxy, change password on appliance and create external proxy again.

vdp 6.1.3 upgrade - problem with external proxy

jnsvano — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 07:43:51 GMT

Hi,

Anyone already upgraded to version 6.1.3 ? There is a problem with external proxy appeared, saying something about wrong credentials. Also could not create new external proxy, with same error.

System without external proxy upgraded ok.

Re: Please, help my VDP DIsk full issues.

jnsvano — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:26:16 GMT

Seems to be your disk(s) is really full. Did you try to delete some backups and then do garbage collection ?

target server is full -error

jnsvano — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:04:09 GMT

Hello,

VDP 6.1. After changing to bigger datastore, got this error for one (big, about 1TB) vm during backup:

... Target server reached read-only limit (server 0)

...

avtar Info <5314>: Command failed (1 error, 1 warning, exit code 10028: operation failed because target server is full)

There is a Vmware KB 2095746, saying, one must increase "freespaceunbalance" parameter to 15. Did it, doesn't help.

Do I must rise this even higher ?

Currently I have 4TB storage and it is 12% full.

Re: VDP email configuration no longer works with yahoo or gmail.

jnsvano — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:38:51 GMT

From Admin Guide:

"NOTE The VDP email notifications and reports do not support ... SSL certificates"

One possible solution:

"Restricted Gmail SMTP server (aspmx.l.google.com) - Port 25, TLS not required, mail can only be sent to Gmail or G Suite users"

(G Suite SMTP settings to send mail from a printer, scanner, or app - G Suite Administrator Help)

Re: switch to new storage ?

jnsvano — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:12:58 GMT

Thank you for reply. Yes, I want to change (migrate). Do not want to expand, because old datastore hasn't enough capacity.

Didn't fully understand about vMmotion, if I have two external nfs servers, one is old, second new, both mounted as datastores.

VDP virtual machine is on internal datastore. Could I do vMotion here ?

switch to new storage ?

jnsvano — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:23:16 GMT

Hello. VDP 6.1. Is it possible to switch to new storage without re-"installing" VDP ?

Currently have 1 TB storage and need to use new one (new storage device) with 4TB.

Re: Restore Client - login to

jnsvano — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:14:10 GMT

Here is what I investigated with this isuue additionally:

1). you could use any VM that has GUI to see possible file level restores from all VMs - when using advanced login.

2). you can restore any of these vm files only to machine where you run the browser restore client

am I right ?

I found another issue with FLR, probably will create other thread for this.

Re: Restore Client - login to

jnsvano — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:57:56 GMT

Must I open this from vm ? What if I have only Linux VMs with command line onlty ?

Are there any alternatives to do file lever restore ?