• Zerto requirements and compatibility
    • SQL Express Update

      Hello, We are running Zerto v6 update 3, which includes SQL 2014 Express. Our security requirements are mandating that we patch the SQL instance with 2014 Express SP2. Is it possible/supportable to patch the SQL server without upgrading the Zerto version? We will be updating Zerto down the road, but the security requirements for SQL […]

      in: Support Q & A

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    • October 30, 2019
    • Failed-over VM's boot 10hrs into the future

      Aloha, Title says it all – I failover a VM and it boots 10hrs ahead of local time. Once failed over I can login to domain and that’s what confuses me. Time should be coming from domain controller. Zerto is the newest and hosts are fully patched 6.7 U3. Bill

      in: Support Q & A

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    • October 30, 2019
    • ESXi host Upgrades

      We will be performing upgrades to our Protected site ESXi hosts. Would request how we should configure or handle the VRA’s on the host during the process. Will a complete pause in replication be a best practice? If so, please advise/confirm how and where this would be performed. Site or VPG level?

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 2
      Replies: 1
    • October 29, 2019
    • Licensing – tracking VMs

      posted on behalf of Peter W. If we have 2 separate setups using the same license. How does it keep track of how many VM’s have been used of the license? If we use the same license in setup 1 and setup 2, how does it know about the VM usage in the other setup?

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 3
      Replies: 2
    • October 28, 2019
    • de-duplication on NTFS

      A user uploaded a bunch (perhaps several hundred megabytes of similar PDF files — drawings) today that may have caused a massive uptick in journal changes. My hypothesis is that the de-duplication on NTFS was creating a lot of extra writes. But I saw a 300 GB growth but there were not that many files. […]

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 3
      Replies: 2
    • October 28, 2019
    • VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 u3a

      Good afternoon, VMware has released vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 u3a to address the following security vulnerability: Sensitive information disclosure vulnerabilities in File-Based Backup and Restore functions (CVE-2019-5537 and CVE-2019-5538). Is vCenter 6.7 u3a supported by Zerto Replication 7.5? Is it safe to upgrade our vCenter servers?

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    • People: 2
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    • October 27, 2019
    • Powershell cmdlet for Failover in Live environment

      Hi, I am looking for Powershell cmdlet for Failover in Live environment. There is a start-FailoverTest but it does only the test. Is there is any cmdlet for Live environment. I thought it should be start-Failover – But cmdlet doesn’t exist. I am using the version 4.5.  Any help will be appreciated…    

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 5
      Replies: 5
    • October 25, 2019
    • Zerto Failover CLI Utility

      We have published a new public utility that Zerto users may find useful. The Zerto Failover Utility enables you to streamline your fail-over tests (and if needed live site fail-over’s). The utility makes use of a CSV file where you can list all of your VPGs in order, with built in pauses if needed to […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 1
      Replies: 0
    • October 25, 2019