PowerProtect: Virtual Machine Restore stops responding at 0 percent

Summary: Virtual machine (VM) restore jobs remain in queued status with 0% progress.

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Symptoms

The PowerProtect solution is used to protect the vSphere environment. Full and Instant Access VM restore jobs remain in queued status with 0% progress. The VM backups complete successfully. 

The /var/log/brs/vmdm/vmdm.log log shows:

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.r.c.DdRestClient.dataDomainLogin(159)] - hostname=datadomain.domain.com username=sysadmin url=https://datadomain.domain.com:3009/rest/v1.0/auth
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.r.c.DdRestClient.executeDataDomainAuthRequest(198)] - Executed login to hostname: datadomain.domain.com, username: sysadmin
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.r.c.DdRestClient.checkStatus(233)] - Return code = 401 UNAUTHORIZED, expected = 201 CREATED.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.r.c.DdRestClient.checkStatus(234)] - PowerProtect DD System Details = "**** Invalid user name or password.",  code = 5094
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.r.c.DdRestClient.dataDomainLogin(164)] - Failed to login to PowerProtect DD System host datadomain.domain.com with user sysadmin
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR [] [request-dispatch-service-1] [][][][][] [c.e.b.d.c.u.DDCommonUtils.getRestConnectionFromCache(507)] - getRestConnectionFromCache failed
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.emc.brs.datadomain.common.rest.connection.DdRestClientException: "**** Invalid user name or password."

Cause

The Data Domain credentials have changed on the Data Domain and are not up to date in PowerProtect.
 

Resolution

Update the Data Domain credential password in PowerProtect under Administration > Credentials > Select the DATADOMAIN checkbox and click Edit.


 

Additional Information

A similar symptom is documented in KB article PowerProtect: VM Restore Stuck at Queued with Zero Percent Progress.

Affected Products

PowerProtect Data Manager
Article Properties
Article Number: 000415219
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 21 كانون الثاني 2026
Version:  1
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