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NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting VMware operations

This section includes the following topics:
  • NetBackup logging for VMware

  • Troubleshooting VMware backups

  • Troubleshooting the restore of VMware and restores of files

  • Troubleshooting the adding of VMware servers

  • Troubleshooting the browsing of VMware servers

  • Troubleshooting the status for a newly discovered VM

  • Troubleshooting policy configuration

  • Troubleshooting the download of files from an instant access VM

  • Troubleshooting backups and restores of excluded virtual disks

  • How to determine the ESX network that NetBackup used for the backup or restore

  • Preventing browsing delays caused by DNS problems

  • Changing the browsing timeout for virtual machine discovery

  • Changing timeout and logging values for vSphere

  • Credentials for VMware server are not valid

  • Snapshot error encountered (status code 156)

  • Conflict between NetBackup and VMware Storage vMotion with vSphere 5.0 or later

  • Backup or restore job hangs

  • VMware SCSI requirements for application quiesce on Windows

  • VMware virtual machine does not restart after restore

  • A restored VM may not start or its file system(s) may not be accessible

  • NetBackup job fails due to update tasks on the VMware server

  • The vSphere interface reports that virtual machine consolidation is needed

  • Linux VMs and persistent device naming

  • For a VMware virtual machine with Windows dynamic disks, a restore from incremental backup fails with a Windows restore host and the hotadd transport mode

  • Simultaneous hotadd backups (from the same VMware backup host) fail with status 13

  • Troubleshooting VMware tag usage

  • Ensuring that guest customizations can be restored in vCloud Director

  • Troubleshooting vmdk restore to existing VM

  • Troubleshooting backups of virtual machines on Virtual Volumes (VVols)

  • Issues with the CA certificate during installation of the NetBackup client on VMware Cloud (VMC)

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