vRanger 7.8.6 - User Guide

Using Data Domain and vRanger repositories

vRanger and EMC® Data Domain® appliances provide a simple and efficient method for backing up and recovering VMware® environments. vRanger provides significant enhancements regarding architecture, performance, and communications over traditional backup solutions. Data Domain provides superior data de-duplication capabilities. The combination of vRanger and Data Domain Technology dramatically reduces your backup and recovery time for VMs on VMware® ESXi™ hosts.

For more information about integrating vRanger and Data Domain, see the Quest vRanger Integration Guide for EMC® Data Domain® Boost (DD Boost™).

Monitoring vRanger

vRanger can be configured to log events to the Windows® Event Viewer on the vRanger machine. These events can be filtered and monitored using the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to monitor replication functions in line with other IT operations. When monitoring is enabled, vRanger creates a vRanger Service node on the local Event Viewer.

The events currently monitored and logged by vRanger include:

About event monitoring configurations

The configurations for event monitoring are done by way of the configuration file for the Quest vRanger Service, Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config. This file is located in the vRanger installation directory. The default is C:\Program Files\Quest\vRanger.

CAUTION: Change only the values listed in the following topics unless directed otherwise by Quest Support.

Opening the configuration file

Complete the steps in the following procedure to open the configuration file.

NOTE: Not all text editors include line numbers. If you do not see the referenced line numbers in your text editor, this absence is not an indication of a problem.