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VM RESTORE FROM TAPE.

  • April 25, 2025
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Hello, I'm trying to perform a restore using a test environment.

I'm trying to restore the VM using tapes. The backup server and media agent are not on the same server.

When I start the restore process, I can restore the index, view the VMDK files, and start the restore pointing to a VCENTER and the datastore with space.

The restore starts and reaches 92% and fails. The error message says that communication with the media agent has been lost.

Has anyone experienced this and can help me?

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Hi ​@Glaucia ,

Good day!

We need to look into the vsrst.log/cvfwd.log to check if there is any network drops between accessnode and MA

If possible try to create a oneway firewall between accessnode and the MA

Regards,

Sureshkumar S


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  • April 28, 2025

Hi ​@Sureshkumar S 

 

The environment is homologation, master and media are the same servers and the access node is the same machine, do you think this could be causing a problem?
Should I create a new Linux-based access node?

 

thanks 


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Hi ​@Glaucia ,

If its the same machine then we need to check if any process is crashing or whether interprocess communication is failing

We can get more clarity from vsrst.log/cvd.log

Can you raise a support case to check this further ?

 

Regards,

Sureshkumar S


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  • April 28, 2025

I don't have a license, I can't open a ticket without a license

I'll check if I can add the logs here.