I faced multiple times the issue that the progress bar of the upgrade page of an VDP appliance does not show any status. Therefore I started search for an log file where it is possible to get at least basic upgrade status messages. During my search I found the VMware KB: 2062947. This KB shows a log file which contains …

Based on the response of VMware on a SR it is possible to increase the memory of a VDP appliance to 16GB.

If you are facing issues with failed VDP backups try to increase the memory of the VDP appliances to 8GB. In my environment this has improved the situation. Still issues but 50% less.

I’m running 10 VDP appliance in an environment and I’m facing massive issues with backup. Sometimes the backup of all VM’s was successful but most of the time only a few virtual machines were successful. If someone else is facing equal issues would be great if you could post an comment. In the meantime I have opened an …