Why does every single version of VDP end up getting corrupt? In my experience it is veryunreliable...even in a lab test environment. (ESXi 5.5 with VDP datastore on Starwind 5path Gbit MPIO Adaptec5805 RAID1)
I've tested believe 3 or 4 different version of it. Throughout the tests I've had backups disappear, services won't start, backup jobs fail, and now with VDP 5.8 gsan degraded. In Admin mode state and won't come out of it. It has plenty of disk space.
In all previous tests when it breaks I dig through logs, cruise around on google, Vmware KBs, and never get it resolved...Always end up with a complete reload. The last time with previous version I re-loaded with existing datastores.
Don't want to simply complain...but every time it manages to get itself corrupt very quickly. I just scrap it and say maybe Vmware will get it stable next release. But as I've said this is now my fourth trial test with poor experience.
What does a hard drive and VDP have in common..? Not a question of if it will fail...it is when. The irony being VDP is allegedly the solution to the failing hard drive.
Joking aside...what is the trick to get VDP to work reliably for even a month? I'd really like to know from some pros that have it in production. You must be running some manual maintenance procedures on the side that are maintaining the dedupe/datastores properly.
Currently looking at Acronis 11.5 ESXi appliance with dedupe store to see how it compares...even though the appliance won't do nice VSS app backups. But if it can be a one time setup and not require complete reinstall on regular intervals then a few guest agents backups would be just fine.
Also be interested in what other backup products you have in production as an alternative to VDP?
Thanks!