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    VMware Backup and Replication Options

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    • DenisKelleyD
      DenisKelley
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      I'm a big Veeam enthusiast. Can you detail what you are having issues with and maybe I or another can help you?

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        Alex Sage @DenisKelley
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        @DenisKelley Sure! Thanks for your help! Hotadd isn't working and backups seem to take longer and longer over time.

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          Alex Sage @DenisKelley
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          @DenisKelley I have tested, and hotadd does work, but veeam can't seem to use it 😞

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            Alex Sage
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            I have been using Veeam since 2013 and it seems once a year I have to rebuild the whole VM again 😞

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            • DenisKelleyD
              DenisKelley @Alex Sage
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              @anonymous
              Maybe show some datacenter/backup config might help. There are a number of reasons why hot add might not work. See here:
              https://www.veeam.com/kb1054

              I've had one situation like that happen, but it was the backup of the veeam server (vmware) where the proxy was already installed. I'm off to a meeting, but will check back in the AM. Things like what hypervisor, disk version, hypervisor version, backup type (forward vs reverse) and even when version of Veeam will matter.

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              • StevenS
                Steven @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller
                Mmmm... Minecraft!

                So it looks like most of my work is done? StorageCraft is a disk imaging backup solution. We snap VM volumes directly and ship these off to your available storage. A continuous incremental backup takes an initial full and then changes afterwards. Backups are compressed/encrypted and managed centrally and can be replicated locally/offsite for failover and/or archival.

                We're known for our Windows agent (same one VMware licensed for VM Converter 3.0) and we've also produced our own Linux imaging driver. Not sure what else to tell you besides we recently picked up $187M in investment funds from TA to help us grow bigger/faster (pretty cool!).

                Feel free to ping me if you have any specific questions!

                Cheers

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                • KOOLERK
                  KOOLER Vendor @Alex Sage
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                  @anonymous said:

                  Right now we are using Veeam to Backup and Replicate, but I am not all that happy with it.

                  What other options are there? Last time I looked at Unitrends, they wanted 20K.....

                  What's wrong with Veeam? Details?

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                    Alex Sage @KOOLER
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                    @KOOLER

                    Hotadd stops working and it drops back to network mode.... Super slow now.

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                      Alex Sage
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                      A job that use to take 20 minute now takes 2-3 hours.

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                      • DenisKelleyD
                        DenisKelley
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                        You really haven't posted much detail and that's fine if you are just wishing to ditch the product. Have you opened up a support case with Veeam? Have they checked out your logs and stuff. I had a bizarre issue with 7 once and tech support was pretty good. Did any of the conditions in my link check out?

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                          Alex Sage
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                          Veeam support is now from India 😞

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