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  • 1.  Data Recovery VMDK size limit

    Posted Aug 01, 2011 01:24 PM

    I am trying to use VMware Data Recovery on an NFS datastore over NAS. 

    For some reason, I cannot create a VMDK larger than 2 TBs.  I have to create multiple 2 TB virtual disks in order to be able to backup using VMware Data Recovery.  Is there any way that I can create a VMDK that is larger than 2 TBs for the Data Recovery appliance?  Seems like a big restriction and does not make for efficient use of storage when having to split up backups onto multiple 2 TB disks.



  • 2.  RE: Data Recovery VMDK size limit

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Aug 01, 2011 01:32 PM

    Hi,

    Here we go for the vDR limitation

    Maximum 100 VMs backed up per appliance

    Maximum 2 de-duplication stores per appliance

    No more than one appliance per vCenter Server supported

    Cannot reside in vApp

    Multiple appliances are independent and do not interact

    Storage

    Disk only – no tape/media integration

    Maximum of 1TB per de-duplication store

    Backups

    Maximum 8 concurrent backup and 8 concurrent restore jobs

    One backup per VM allowed every 24 hours

    Appliance vCPU usage must be under 80%

    http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vdr_12_admin.pdf


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    Mauro Bonder - Moderator

    Message was edited by: MauroBonder