Vmware Backup fail due to one Vcenter unavailable, even if the policy is querying another center

[Hamza_H]

Hello,

We have several vCenters configured under netbackup, and one of them wasnt available which caused all Vmware backups to fail even if the vCenters configured under their policies are available.

The error code is 4234 :VMWARE server login failure.

The solution is to set the vCenter's name under Advanced>Vmware Server List but I'd like to know if there is an eeb or Veritas Technote which describe the problem and how to resolve it?

Is it by default netbackup try to connect on all Virtual serveurs configured?

Thanks for your help.

[Hamza_H · Accepted solution]

Solution :

Guide Veritas : https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/21902280-133434834-0/v62458854-133434834
 
Extract:

Politique VMware > Onglet VMware > Advanced > Continue VIP discovery if one vSphere login fails
 

 Continue VIP discovery if one vSphere login fails Note: This option applies to VMware Intelligent Policies (VIP) only.
When this option is set to Yes: For a VIP policy's discovery job, NetBackup ignores a failed logon to a vCenter and attempts to log on and discover VMs on other vCenters. On any vCenter that NetBackup can log on to, the VMs that match the VIP policy's query are backed up.
When this option is set to No (the default): If the attempt to log on to a vCenter fails, the discovery job fails and no VMs are backed up for any vCenters.
More information is available on the types of NetBackup jobs for VMware:
See Using the Activity Monitor to monitor virtual machine backups.