When I try to run backup job manually (for testing), it fails permanently.
As long as there are no messages about failure reason, I wonder how do I get to know what's wrong?
Select the Tasks option on the left pane and see if any VDP specific task exist.
worst case you can re-run the job and see the VDP specific tasks
No, there are no tasks. Neither running nor failed.
Re-run the backup job and copy the backup job id (Backup Job ID looks like 'Jobname-<number>'
Then run the following command on appliance (ssh to appliance)
grep -i error /usr/local/avamarclient/var-proxy*/<Backup Job ID>*vmimage?.log
Make sure to provide <Backup job ID> in the command.
Oh i just saw your screenshot clearly and noticed that backup run time is 00:0:00 (means backup not started at all)
You can get the error from vdr-server.log located at /space/avamar/var/vdr/server_logs on the appliance
I'm not sure if it is related, but i can see the following in vdr-server.log:
2012-12-04 23:41:03,968 WARN [Timer_general]-schedule.DatastoreHandler: com.emc.vdr.schedule.DatastoreHandler.No proxy-clients are available: []
Yes. It is the reason for the issue.
There are no proxy clients to run the backup.
Try if you have time..
1. Reboot the appliance
2. Still see the issue - Redeploy the appliance
3. Still see the issue - Only option left. Support Ticket to VMware.
This error occurs when you have a datasource that is associated with no known hosts. Please reference this KB article for a solution
Thank you for the suggestions. I reinstalled Both vCenter and vDP for about 8 times in total, checked that each datastore has at least one host, but there is no luck.
The worst thing is that after rebooting vDP can not start tomcat servers.
https://vdp-host:9443/services/mcService?wsdl
After 4 days was wasted I can only say that vDP is good for nothing.