VDP Backup And Maintenance Tasks Fail With "DDR result code: 5004, desc:...
I had come across a scenario where the backups on VDP appliance connected to a data domain used to fail constantly and the backup logs for the avtar service had the following...
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Upgrading vSphere Replication From 6.5 To 8.1
With the release of vSphere Replication 8.1, the upgrade path is not how it was earlier. The 8.1 vR server now hosts a PhotonOS and the upgrade is similar to a vCenter migration. In this case, you will...
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Bad Exit Code: 1 During Upgrade Of vSphere Replication To 8.1
With the release of 8.1 vSphere replication comes a ton of new upgrade and deployment issues. The one common issue is the Bad Exit Code: 1 error during the upgrade phase. This is valid for 6.1.2 or...
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VDP 6.1.8 Upgrade Stalls At 97 Percent
When upgrading a vSphere Data Protection appliance to 6.1.8 there might be a case where the upgrade stalls at 97 percent with the below task stuck in progressIn the avinstaller.log.0 located under...
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Unable To Configure Or Reconfigure Protection Groups In SRM:...
When you try to reconfigure or create a new protection group you might run into the following message when you click on the Finish option. java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed outBelow is a...
View ArticleUnable To Pair SRM Sites: "Server certificate chain not verified"
So first things first, as of this post, you might know that I have moved out of VMware and ventured further into backup and recovery solutions domain. Currently, I work as a solutions engineer at...
View ArticleUnderstanding Perfbeat Logging In GSAN
If you have ever come across GSAN logs in VDP located under /data01/cur you would sometimes notice the below logging:2018/05/28-10:34:31.01397 {0.0} [perfbeat.3:196] WARN: <1060>...
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