Hi folks,
Everytime the scheduled VMware backup job runs it results the error described below. However, when I run the very same job manually (right-click on the backup job followed by "Start backup...") it works perfectly. I'm currently using the HP Data Protector A.07.00 (Internal Build Version 103) and my virtual machines are hosted on ESXi 5.5 (vCenter Server 5.5.0 Build 1312298). I don't know if it might be relevant but both vCenter and Cell Manager are hosted on the same machine (Windows Server 2008 R2).
Has anyone been through this issue before? I've already searched about it but unfortunately I haven't found anything relevant yet.
Before any comment: Setting the timeout to a value above 600 seconds (10 minutes) is not a valid solution since it clearly works when started manually.
Here's the output:
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[Normal] From: BSM@vcenter "vCenter" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:06
Backup session 2014/02/04-7 started.
[Normal] From: BSM@vcenter "vCenter" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:06
OB2BAR application on "vcenter" successfully started.
2014-02-04T21:00:11.817-02:00 [14448 info 'Default'] Initialized channel manager
2014-02-04T21:00:11.823-02:00 [14448 info 'Default'] Current working directory: C:\Windows\system32
2014-02-04T21:00:11.829-02:00 [14448 verbose 'ThreadPool'] TaskMax=10, IoMin=1, IoMax=21
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:14
Resolving objects for backup on vCenter 'vcenter' ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:25
Add Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01' to the backup ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:26
Add Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02' to the backup ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:00:26
Add Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-03' to the backup ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:10
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01': Locking vMotion ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:10
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02': Locking vMotion ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:10
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-03': Locking vMotion ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:32
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01': Consolidating snapshots ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:32
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02': Consolidating snapshots ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:01:32
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-03': Consolidating snapshots ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:04
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01': Backing up configuration file VMACHINE-01.vmx ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:04
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02': Backing up configuration file VMACHINE-02.vmx ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:04
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-03': Backing up configuration file VMACHINE-03.vmx ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:24
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01': Creating snapshot ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:25
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02': Creating snapshot ...
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:09:25
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-03': Creating snapshot ...
2014-02-04T21:09:40.496-02:00 [12380 trivia 'ThreadPool'] PrepareToWait: Starting new thread
2014-02-04T21:09:40.553-02:00 [07488 trivia 'ThreadPool'] PrepareToWait: Starting new thread
2014-02-04T21:09:40.553-02:00 [02144 trivia 'ThreadPool'] PrepareToWait: Starting new thread
[Major] From: BSM@vcenter "vCenter" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:11
[61:2052] Bar backup session was started but no client connected in 600 seconds.
Aborting session!
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:32
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-01' (UUID '42179ee6-1f07-a67b-1b14-197fbb4b5386'): Starting full backup ...
[Major] From: OB2BAR_VEPA_BAR@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:47
Received ABORT request from BSM (ERR: Error starting backup/restore (BMA cannot be started or similar).)
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:56
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02' (UUID '4212eb70-4ac7-7d58-202b-1a06ec508915'): Starting full backup ...
[Major] From: OB2BAR_VEPA_BAR@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:56
Received ABORT request from BSM (ERR: Error starting backup/restore (BMA cannot be started or similar).)
[Normal] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE_THREAD@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:59
Virtual Machine 'VMACHINE-02' (UUID '564dc53f-e9c0-244e-6ad4-dee42c336d90'): Starting full backup ...
[Major] From: OB2BAR_VEPA_BAR@vcenter "/COMPANY-NAME" Time: 04/02/2014 21:10:59
Received ABORT request from BSM (ERR: Error starting backup/restore (BMA cannot be started or similar).)
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