[Heads up] Backup function within vCenter Appliance (VCSA) stops working in U3

2 years ago
28 October 2021
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Another bug in vSphere 7 U3, I just read about. The backup function in the VCSA does not work in U3 any more when DB health check is enabled. Then each backup fails!

Fortunately there is a simple solution for this: run /usr/bin/dbcc -fbss embedded in a shell-session in VCSA.

More information:

official VMware KB article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86084
Blog post by Andrew Mauro: https://vinfrastructure.it/2021/10/file-level-backup-issue-with-vcenter-7-0-3/

This is important because you normally do not see failed backup. So when you never checks them, you would not find out the broken functionality.

11 comments

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Chris.Childerhose
Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
7278 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Thanks for posting.

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regnor
Veeam MVP
1303 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Good to know, thanks @vNote42

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Mildur
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1019 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Thanks, shared with my colleagues.

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wolff.mateus
Veeam Vanguard
523 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Good to know! Thanks for that.

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JMeixner
Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
2609 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Good to know, thank you.

Many errors in the last time….

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MicoolPaul
On the path to Greatness
2306 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Anyone else glad that Veeam haven’t announced official support for vSphere 7.0 U3/U3A? It’s been my one saving grace from all of these issues plaguing my customer environments (and my lab!)

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Iams3le
Veeam Legend
1306 comments
2 years ago
28 October 2021

Thank you for this information!

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JMeixner
Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
2609 comments
2 years ago
29 October 2021

Anyone else glad that Veeam haven’t announced official support for vSphere 7.0 U3/U3A? It’s been my one saving grace from all of these issues plaguing my customer environments (and my lab!)

Yeah, it is a hard discussion with our VMware admin each time to wait with the update until Veeam supports this version officially, but it is worth it. 😎

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regnor
Veeam MVP
1303 comments
2 years ago
29 October 2021

Anyone else glad that Veeam haven’t announced official support for vSphere 7.0 U3/U3A? It’s been my one saving grace from all of these issues plaguing my customer environments (and my lab!)

If Veeams QA department isn't confident with a specific release or hasn't announced official support, then it's always better to wait. At least their support is a little indicator that a release is stable enough to be backed up.

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vNote42
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Veeam Vanguard
1246 comments
2 years ago
29 October 2021

Anyone else glad that Veeam haven’t announced official support for vSphere 7.0 U3/U3A? It’s been my one saving grace from all of these issues plaguing my customer environments (and my lab!)

Most of the larger customers are rather conservative. So they do not install each patch days after it is available. More problematic are smaller environments operated by administrators with too much time-resources :joy: . Especially since latest Update-versions I recommend customers to wait rather month than weeks.