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syb_mpyz
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10 years ago

Backup vCenter Appliance VM's fails after migration from vSphere Server

Hi Gurus, I am having an issue with failed backups when performing a VM Snapshot backup of the vCenter Server. Hoping someone can either help with troubleshooting and resolving. Environment: 3 ...
  • syb_mpyz's avatar
    10 years ago

    To cut a long story short it turned out to be a corruption in the BE database potentially caused by a failed upgrade of the vSphere Server software that resided on the same server. When it was attempting to backup the new vCenter Appliance it was getting confused (<--non-technical terminology).

    Backup up the Backup Exec 15 configurations and did a reinstall of Windows Server and Backup Exec, imported the configurations and re-added the vCenter.

    The reinstallation of Windows cleared out any leftovers and the new installation of the SQL Instance and database ensured a clean slate.