Error While Binding iSCSI To VMKernel Adapters: IscsiManager.QueryBoundVnics
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo when you try to click Properties of the iSCSI adapter to modify certain settings, you see the following error:Error:Call "IscsiManager.QueryBoundVnics" for object...
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VDP File Level Recovery Client
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo, you would be familiar with restoring virtual machines with VDP which is done from the Restore tab of the VDP appliance from the Web Client GUI. However, there are cases,...
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VDP Backup Job Not Appearing In Recent Tasks
Written by Suhas SavkoorThis is going to be a small article for few issues that I worked on recently. When you login to vSphere Web Client and run a backup job, the task progress does not show up under...
View ArticleUnable To Connect VDP 6.1 To Web Client
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo once the new VDP 6.1 appliance is deployed, we login to Web Client and select the vSphere Data Protection plugin. From the drop-down, we will select the required VDP...
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Fatal Error While Creating Storage For A New VDP Appliance Deployment
Written by Suhas SavkoorAfter you deploy the ova template for VDP we need to configure the VDP appliance from the vdp-configure page. During the storage configuration, I had chosen about 8 TB of...
View ArticleVDP Full and File Level Restore Fails: Failed to get disks: Unable to browse...
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo when trying to perform a full virtual machine restore or a File Level Restore for any virtual machine the task fails, at various possible percentages. The failure descried...
View ArticleUnable to vMotion Due To Difference In vDS Vendor Information Between Source...
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo I was trying to vMotion my virtual machines between two vDS and it was failing with the following error:Â "The destination distributed switch has a different version or vendor...
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Unable To Add A Client To A Backup Job In VDP: Already Registered
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo today I was working on a case where a vCenter virtual machine and a PSC virtual machine were added to a backup job. One fine day, the PSC machine started behaving weirdly and...
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Unable To Connect VDP To Web Client: Failed To Validate vCenter certificate
So out of nowhere today, when I tried to connect the VDP appliance to web client, I got the following error message:"Failed to validate the vCenter certificate. Either install or verify the certificate...
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Configure Syslog For VDP Appliance
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo you want to forward VDP logs to a syslog server? Okay. Is it supported officially? No, VDP does not support forwarding its logs to a different machine or a log solution. Is a...
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VDP Backup Fails: Error In Creating Quiesce Snapshot
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo there are many causes of failure for unable to quiesce a VM while taking a snapshot and this is one of them I came across while working on an issue. A brief summary what was...
View ArticlePerform A VDP Backup When The Datastore For Client VM Is Running On Low Space
Written by Suhas SavkoorIf you try to backup a virtual machine which is residing on a datastore running low on space, the backup fails. The VDP will try to issue a snapshot take call, however, the task...
View ArticleAutomatic/Manual Backup Verification Fails In VDP
Written by Suhas SavkoorTo check the consistency of the restore points you have backup verification jobs. These verification jobs can be either Automatic (ABV) or Manual backup verification. The backup...
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Web Client Login Page Displays vRA or vCAC As The Banner Name
So in 6.0, you should have VMware vCenter Single Sign On as the Web Client banner page login name. However, if you apply the Branding Name for the vRA appliance the web client banner display gets...
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Creating A Local User And Granting Shell Access In ESXi 6.0
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo, in ESXi 6.0 onward, if you login to ESXi directly from vSphere client you do not have the option to specify Shell Access when you are creating a local user. The screen that...
View ArticleVDP Automatic Backup Verification Fails With VMware Tools Heartbeat Timeout
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo recently I was working on a colleague's case where the backup verification, both manual and automatic were failing with VMware tools timeout. Now, there were multiple restore...
View ArticleVDP Backup Fails: PAX stream append at sector offset 128 length 128...
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo I have ran into this issue a couple of times now and was able to finally drill down to a solution, and so thought of sharing this as there is nothing about this issue...
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VDP Backup Fails: Failed To Download VM Metadata
Written by Suhas SavkoorA virtual machine backup was continuously failing with the error: VDP: Miscellaneous error.When you look at the backup job log at the location:# cd...
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Installation Of SQL Agent For VDP Fails.
Written by Suhas SavkoorWhen trying to install the SQL agent for vSphere Data Protection the agent installation fails with the error:"VMware VDP for SQL Server Setup Wizard ended prematurely"Here,...
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Expired Certificate On VDP Port 29000
Written by Suhas SavkoorSo recently I was working on a case where the certificate had expired on Port 29000 for VDP 6.1.2. The port 29000 is used for replication data, this can be seen on page 148 of...
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