Vdp configuration and installation are normal, but backup error, backup can not continue, although you see fail to download vm metadata, try later. Ensure that the new esxi host is licensed for vdp advanced. Ensure the esxi host and the tintri vmstore is accessible on the network for vdp advanced. Lowerversion sql client configurations are not supported in higherlevel vsphere versions. Vdp rollback conclusion data protection is a key component of any business continuity plan. This information also shows up in the vdp advanced email reports. In the last 3 or 4 years, we have migrated all of our physical servers to virtual servers. To verify virtual machine errors or errors with the virtual machines metadata, you can browse the vm datastore. Manually edit the backup job to add the few missing clients. Mar 03, 2014 in each of these folders, you will find the various log files for the vcentervdpa interactions. Not sure what changed to cause that all of the sudden. Also, in the reports tab the only info showing up is unprotected clients which shows the correct vms not protected. Vdp advanced automated backup verification job creation. The backup job starts automatically according to the configured schedule.
Workaround before you upgrade the vsphere data protection appliance, upgrade the vsphere data protection appliance kernel. Loading clients takes a significant amount of time when editing or cloning a backup job. I tried filelevel recovery and whole vm recovery, result is the same. When editing a backup job and modifying the name of the job using the create backup job wizard, the new name is updated in the vdp user interface. How to use vmware vdp restore client for file recovery. The backup job might have failed because the appliance is looking for a. Earlier this year a company recommended using vmware vdp as a secondary backup solution along with backup exec. This morning i rebooted my two vdp appliances and since then all my backup and replication job definitions are missing in the vcenter webclient gui for both vdp appliances. Vdp restore job gets stuck at 92%, with no further info. As a standard practice, provide a valid vcenter server password that contains no spaces.
When verifying if the group name, schedule, and retention policy name are also updated with the new name, the group name and schedule are updated, but the retention policy name is not. Once the tape backup job is complete, another scheduled task would power on the vdp appliance. My company has been using backup exec for more than 10 years. This took a fair amount of time since it was the first time the backup job was run, i. The product is based on emcs avamar code and present an interesting upgrade for existing customers which are.
The system should rerun the backup only for failed clients. Vdp is unable to back up virtual machines under datacenters with special characters in the name. Backup fails if the data domain system is offline 96. Review the backup job details which you have configured.
Naturally, the goal would be for the tape backup of the appliance to complete just before the blackout window is scheduled to open. Jun 05, 20 altaro vm backup protect your vmware and hyperv vms for free with altaro vm backup. Vmware vdp logs locate and troubleshoot esx virtualization. You will click on the new backup icon there and youll be folowing an assistant, which will guide you through the job creation. Aug 20, 20 when i tried to backup the virtual machine up using the vmware vdp, i receive this error. On the data type page, select full image and click next. When the backup is performed outside of vdp using a browser, however, the backup executes as expected. Shortly after the scheduled task shuts down the vdp appliance, the tape backup solution would start its backup job. When you first connect to your vcenter through the web client, you imediately notice new icon which was. How to troubleshoot vmware backup failed to quiesce error. Vdp appliance status, used capacity, backup job information, virtual machine backup details, and so on. An external proxy will utilize scsi hotadd to attach the protected vms disks to an external proxy during a backup job. Upgrading the vsphere data protection appliance from either 5.
An attempt made to backup a client failed because no data was found that matches the type of data that the job was configured for. I opened up the vsphere web client, connected to my vdpa appliance, and created a backup job for the virtual machine vm running windows and oracle database. It is vmware s release for backup and recovery solution. I also have exchange 20, sharepoint 20, and sql 2008 running on vms. It can be deployed quickly and provides a webbased graphical user interface for. Deploying the vmware vdp appliance select the contributor at the end of the page in another blog post on installing and configuring vdp we followed the steps needed to prepare for the setup, deploy the appliance from a template and do the initial configuration. When creating an application backup job, the first step is choosing whether to backup up all of the application databases full. I tried the backup job again this did not resolve the issue. It looks like if fails quiescing the server and then runs the snapshot again.
You can change the ssl certificate, for example if your companys security policy requires that you use trust by validity and thumbprint or. Aug 18, 20 vsphere data protection a quick guide how to do a vdp install, deploy and use. The external proxy will first query the vdp appliance to see if the backup data segment already exists in the vdp appliances backup data repository either in the vdp appliance gsan or on the data domain appliance. I have everything running again except for vsphere data protection. In my previous post you had the possibility to follow on how to configure the backup jobs through the vdp in this article youll see the restore operations and also some options on further configuration this backup appliance through your browser, which might be usefull in the future. Configure vmware certificate authority vmca integration with vsphere replication. If a request to cancel a running backup is received and the proxy cannot complete the operation within two minutes, the agent kills the proxy this is by design, which may leave snapshots on the vm and any hot added disks attached to the. Nov, 2012 vmware vsphere data protection vdp was introduced with vsphere 5. At first youll see the cluster level, etc and youll expand all that to see the individual vm level to chosse the vm which you want to backup.
To rerun only failed clients, select backup only out of date source under backup now to run all failed clients from the backup tab. Click the view log link to view details for the failed backup job. Configuration of backup jobs, backup replications and restores will be. The ssh connection worked so there was a way to manually start the services which manages the web interface. Each vdp virtual appliance scales up to 2tb of deduplicated storage or 100 protected vms and leverages emc avamars variablelength deduplication algorithm to deliver deduplication rates as high as 99%. Dec 16, 2014 an external proxy will utilize scsi hotadd to attach the protected vms disks to an external proxy during a backup job. Backup job fails for all virtual machines after vmware vsphere data. Vdp creates the backup job by taking the folder directly from vcenter and setting it on the client to be backed up. Vmware vsphere data protection vdp evaluation videos. Delay in the availability of the vdp appliance in the web client following an upgrade from 20 r2 u1. Each activity is a backup job from a single virtual machine. Oct 08, 20 vdp is unable to back up virtual machines under datacenters with special characters in the name. As you can see in the screen shot above the vsphere data protection restore client is asking for the local credentials, which should have local administrator privilege on the vm that you are accessing the. Jun 05, 20 so lets go and click on the backup tab, to see the options there.
Altaro vm backup protect your vmware and hyperv vms for free with altaro vm backup. Reinstall vsphere data protection by using the instructions in the vdp installation and configuration chapter of the vsphere data protection administration guide. If you have one daily backup job with 10 vms configured in vdp, you will see 10 activities per day. Remember, in order to configure the vdp appliance for first use you need to visit this url. Vmware vsphere data protection error e10055 popravak. Whenever it begins a backup run it will create snapshots and then a few second later remove them and return the.
When a lower version of an sql client is installed on a higher version of a vdp advanced appliance, the user cannot display or browse the client in the vsphere web client. The newly created backup job is listed on the backup tab. The vdp appliance will initially run with this setting using a 30day evaluation license, but if the vdp appliance is rebooted after 30 days, the vdp appliance will fail to restart. The reports tab displays the following information. To edit the microsoft exchange backup job or to create a new microsoft exchange backup job, the user must manually configure the backup agent service. To launch the new backup job wizard, go to the backup tab of the vdp area and select backup job actions new see figure 6. Youve noticed that backup jobs within vdp have been failing with the. I would like to create my first backup job to start protecting the vsphere environment. When creating an application backup job, the first step is choosing whether to backup up all of the application databases full server or individual databases selected databases. Backup and recovery best practices with vsphere data.
Select only one microsoft exchange server per vdp advanced application backup job. Protecting applications on physical servers with vdp advanced. Most of solutions i found on the web were dealing with something regarding the uuid virtual disk parameter and the windows 2008 r2 or windows. How to set up and configure vsphere data protection 6. Canceling a backup job leaves disks attached to the vdp virtual appliance and snapshots are not removed. Youve noticed that backup jobs within vdp have been failing with the following errors. You can also edit or delete the backup job using backup job actions. Where to look when troubleshooting vdpa backup issues. In each of these folders, you will find the various log files for the vcentervdpa interactions.
Similar problem operation failed due to existing snapshot, although snapshot manager did not display snapshot any snapshot. On the job type page, select guest images and click next. Dec 06, 20 vdp advanced automated backup verification job creation. I would doublecheck that all of your hosts are configured to use ntp, the service is running maybe even restart the ntp service on each host, and all hosts are pointing to the same ntp source. After the installation files load, the welcome screen for the vdp menu appears. The product is based on emcs avamar code and present an interesting upgrade for existing customers which are upgrading from vsphere 4. Now, it is not easy to determine which varproxyx folder a particular backup jobs logs will be placed, so you will have to search for the job name and the time stamp in each. Vmware vsphere data protection vdp offers an efficient solution for protecting a vmware vsphere virtual machine infrastructure. Vmware backup fails with the error virtual machine disk processing error. Results of an automated backup verification job can be found on the reports tab of the vdp advanced user interface. If there is only one client failure in the backup job, when rerun is triggered from the reports actionsrerun action, the system runs the backup of all the clients in the backup job. On the name page, enter a name for the backup job and click next.
Could you post the backup log for a job with this error or at least the. Intermittently approximately one out of five attempts, when the user attempts to create a backup job of a container holding a large number of virtual machines, the vdp advanced appliance reports back that a few clients could not be added to the backup job. Jun 05, 20 in my previous post you had the possibility to follow on how to configure the backup jobs through the vdp in this article youll see the restore operations and also some options on further configuration this backup appliance through your browser, which might be usefull in the future. I have 20 vms that are a mix of win 2008 and win 2012. Chose consolidate in snapshot and executed backup job resolved the issue. Jun 07, 2014 how to restart vmware vdp webservices the appliance was showing corectly the ip adress through the vsphere client and i could ping the ip adress of the appliance as well. Now that the global policies are set, a backup job can be created. There are links to the event console and task console for. A verification job can be scheduled to run daily, weekly, or monthly. Rerun failed job runs all the clients in the backup job. Vmware vsphere data protection vdp was introduced with vsphere 5.
In the first part of vsphere data protection vdp install, configure, manage you have learned on how to architect this solution and prepare for deployment. In addition, some delay occurs when loading clients for microsoft exchange and sql servers that were created before an upgrade. Once an application agent is installed, backup jobs can be created using the vdp plugin in the vsphere web client. Each vdp virtual appliance scales up to 2tb of deduplicated storage or 100 protected vms and leverages emc avamars variablelength deduplication algorithm to deliver. Vdp backup fails due to error consolidating disks on vm. When i tried to backup the virtual machine up using the vmware vdp, i receive this error. The first encounter was a failed log of vdp appliance on my email inbox, but i am used to logs like this since as i said vdpa does not work always smoothly. Upgrade issues upgrading the vsphere data protection appliance from either 5.
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