Author: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 16:28:19 +0000
First, many thanks to Wanda & others who have been so helpful in answering my previous VE questions! We had a situation yesterday where 2 VE backups were causing the VM's to go unresponsive. No respo
Author: "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT ICFI DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:29:52 +0000
ooo! Haven't seen that one before. My basic VE debugging steps when a VM won't back up (all from the VM side): * check from VCenter that there are no outstanding VM snapshots for those VM's (trigged
Author: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:06:48 +0100
Hi Steve, Version 5.0u2 is not supported for Virtual Environments version 7.1. reference: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21652843 *Supported VMware vCenter Server versions* The foll
Author: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 12:16:28 +0000
In our situation, the backup had no problem. One had completed, the other was busy sending data and had to be cancelled. as soon as the backups finished & the snapshots were deleted, the servers star
Author: "Arbogast, Warren K" <warbogas AT IU DOT EDU>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 15:04:07 +0000
Steve, If the virtual machines have dynamic disks, you may wish to consult with TSM Support about problems that can occur with that configuration, and the remedy. With best wishes, Keith Arbogast Ind
Author: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:23:30 -0400
Hi Steve, Off-hand I am not sure what this is, but a couple of things: 1. Are there any anomalous messages in the error log during the timeframe of the backup that exhibits the problem? 2. Consider c
Author: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 13:41:14 +0000
Thanks Warren, but they are all basic disks. -steve --Original Message-- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Arbogast, Warren K Sent: Sunday, March 08, 201
Author: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 14:08:31 +0000
Andy, These are the only odd messages I saw from these backups. Just to clarify, the backups didn't freeze, but the servers became unresponsive to the end user while the backup was running. As soon a
Author: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:18:44 -0400
Hi Steve, No firm diagnosis or solution, but this could be something going on during snapshot cleanup, when the volumes are being unmounted if you are using the HOTADD transport. One possibility (but
Author: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:16:01 +0000
Thanks, Andy. We are continuing to troubleshoot. It is difficult since I can't replicate the problem on every backup, and our end users are a bit uneasy being our "guinea pigs". I will double-check,