• vRanger Powershell API Commands - Pulling Backup Job Status Using Get-Job Command

    Hey I’m fairly new to Powershell commands and pulling information from a Backup Job. I’m trying to pull the status of my completed jobs using the Get-Job command and replacing ID, Job Tasks and ParentJobTemplateID with names.

  • Vranger 7.5.1 - Failed to create an IPC Port: Access is denied - GUI not loading

    Hi everybody,

    our GUI isn't loading anymore. Services (both Vranger and SQL) are up and running, also the Vranger backup tasks are performed normally.

    System Specs: WIN 2008R2 with latest updates + Win MGMT framework 4.0 + SQL 2008R2

    We run the following…

  • vRanger Top 5 Knowledge Base Articles - October 2016

    Here you can find the Knowledge Articles that have been trending. Following are the last month’s Top Knowledge Base Articles:
    1.  Backup failed: Error: 2760 - FATAL vix_cant_open_detail VIX can't open [Datastore]
    2.  Backup fails with "Error Message…

  • vRanger backups of VMs located on VSAN

    Hello,
    Is anyone else using vRanger to backup VMs that are on VSAN datastores?  I'm on vSphere 6.0U3 and VSAN 6.2 (on disk format 3).  I've been using vRanger 7.3.1 in production.
     
    I have the following issue:
     
    - VM has a VM level manual snapshot…

  • vRanger Top 5 Knowledge Base Articles - August 2016

    Here you can find the Knowledge Articles that have been trending. Following are the last month’s Top Knowledge Base Articles:
    1. Entries seen in Windows System Log when doing a quiesced backup
    2. Backup failed: Error: 2760 - FATAL vix_cant_open_detail…

  • Error: API Call failed with message: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine. - VMware Tools Not Running (205496)

    Backups utilizing quiescing fail with, "Error: API Call failed with message: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine."  vCenter shows, "An error occurred while taking a snapshot: msg.snapshot.error-QUIESCINGERROR…

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  • What's New in vRanger 7.3

    For those that have not yet upgraded to vRanger 7.3, here's a highlight of some of the new features from that release. 

    • VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) support - VMware’s Software-Defined Storage (SDS) technology that allows for a more efficient operational…