Since May ( Post ) I was facing multiple Kernel panic’s in my VDR appliance. Now I got something like a fix which is running quite smooth in my environment. Steps: Deploy a new VDR 2.0 appliance SSH in or log into the console (root/vmw@re) 3. Install this kernel. rpm -i …
Read MoreVMware DataRecovery Kernel Panics
May 8, 2012I’m currently facing an problem with my vdr that it runs into a kernel panic. It looks like an issue with the hot add function which add’s vmdks from virtual machines. The response from vmware was to set to parameters in the datarecovery.ini file. Location: /var/vmware/datarecovery/datarecovery.ini If the file doesn’t …
Read Morelong time no post … :-(
Apr 25, 2012I’m very busy at work as we are currently in major reorganisation. Personal for myself everything has changed. I’m now in a new department including a new boss and new responsibilities. But now everything settles and I have time for new stuff like my preparation for the VCP 5 exam. 🙂 As preparation I have upgraded my …
Read MoreIt is supported by VMware to run the VDR 2.0 with 4GB memory. This will reduce the swap usage a lot. Hopefully this will help to stabilize the Backup System.
Read MoreMemory leak in VDR 2.0
Nov 11, 2011 VDRYes there is a memory leak in the current Version of VDR 2.0. After some days the VDR crash’s with the Message “Out of Memory”. Get PID of datarecovery process <br /> ps -ef | grep datarecovery<br /> Check with pmap to display information about the address space of a process <br /> pmap -x PID<br …
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