Das Backup des Avamar-VM-Image dauert gelegentlich länger, da NBD anstelle von Hot-Add verwendet wird

Die Abschlusszeit eines Avamar VMware-Image-Backups ist inkonsistent.

Manchmal wird das Backup schnell abgeschlossen.

2017-09-21 05:15:08 avtar Info <5156>: Backup #223 timestamp 2017-09-21 05:15:08, 0 files, 925.0 GB (0 files, 352.2 GB, 38.07% new)
2017-09-21 05:15:08 avtar Info <6083>: Backed-up 925.0 GB in 192.63 minutes: 288 GB/hour (0 files/hour)
2017-09-21 05:15:08 avtar Info <7883>: Finished at 2017-09-21 05:15:08 CEST, Elapsed time: 0003h:12m:37s

An "langsamen" Tagen dauert das Backup viel länger. Die folgende dauert 24 Stunden.

2017-09-23 02:10:04 avtar Info <5156>: Backup #224 timestamp 2017-09-23 02:10:04, 0 files, 925.0 GB (0 files, 334.5 GB, 36.16% new)
2017-09-23 02:10:04 avtar Info <6083>: Backed-up 925.0 GB in 1447.94 minutes: 38 GB/hour (0 files/hour)
2017-09-23 02:10:04 avtar Info <7883>: Finished at 2017-09-23 02:10:04 CEST, Elapsed time: 0024h:07m:56s

Die Backups haben ähnliche Größen und Änderungsraten. Beide werden als "synthetic full" ausgeführt. Die Protokolle weisen darauf hin, dass das schnellere Backup "hotadd" verwendet.

2017-09-21 02:03:06 avvcbimage Info <0000>: Connected with hotadd transport to virtual disk [XXXXX] XXXXXXXX.vmdk. Time to connect: 35082 msecs

Das langsamere Backup meldet ein Problem mit der Verbindung über Hot-Add. Es wird auf die Verwendung von nbd zurückgegriffen.

2017-09-22 02:13:22 avvcbimage Info <12006>: hotadd transport is recommended for faster backups and restores and less exposure to network routing, firewall and SSL certificate issues. 
2017-09-22 02:13:22 avvcbimage Info <12007>: One or more of these items may be preventing use of hotadd transport with this VM: 
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12013>: Check that the VM being backed up is in the same datacenter as the backup proxy VM. Hotadd transport cannot cross a Datacenter boundary. . . . 
2017-09-22 02:13:22 avvcbimage Info <0000>: Connected with nbd transport to virtual disk [XXXXX] XXXXXXX.vmdk. Time to connect: 353256 msecs

An jedem Tag wurde für das Backup ein anderer Proxy verwendet.

Schnelles Backup:

2017-09-21 02:00:09 avvcbimage Info <18672>: proxy VM Instance name is: xxxxx-proxy-8 

Langsameres Backup:

2017-09-22 02:00:15 avvcbimage Info <18672>: proxy VM Instance name is: xxxxx-proxy-2 

Der am 21. September verwendete Proxy war am 22. September nicht verfügbar.
Das Backup verwendete einen anderen Proxy, der Konfigurationsprobleme aufwies.
Bei Verwendung dieses anderen Proxys konnte der schnellere Transportmodus "hotadd" nicht genutzt werden.

Das Protokoll empfiehlt, was zu prüfen ist, wenn der Hot-Add-Transport nicht verwendet werden kann.

Wenn die VM-Konfiguration nicht geändert wurde, überprüfen Sie die proxybezogenen Konfigurationsprüfungen.
 

2017-09-22 02:13:22 avvcbimage Info <12007>: One or more of these items may be preventing use of hotadd transport with this VM:
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12008>:  Check that the backup proxy VM(127.0.0.2,xxxx-avpro4,10.10.8.53,10.10.7.53) is deployed on an ESX(i) host that has a path to the storage holding the virtual disk being backed up ([XXXXXXXX] XXXXX.vmdk). Also check that the proxy is configured to protect this datastore
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12009>:  Check that the vmfs holding the backup proxy VM has a total capacity equal to the size of the largest virtual disk being backed up. (Capacity merely has to be present - Free space can be less than this amount)
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12010>:  Check that the vmfs holding the backup proxy VM is formatted with a vmfs block size which supports the size of the largest virtual disk being backed up
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12011>:  Check that the VM being backed up has no virtual hard disks designated as independent
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12012>:  Check that the VM being backed up has no IDE virtual hard disks, usually an artifact of a P2v conversion - use SCSI virtual disks instead
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12013>:  Check that the VM being backed up is in the same datacenter as the backup proxy VM. Hotadd transport cannot cross a Datacenter boundary.
2017-09-22 02:14:03 avvcbimage Info <12014>:  Check that no VMs, and no vmdk's within the vCenter have the same name as those associated with the VM being backed up. (unusual but possible)

Weitere Informationen zu den möglichen Transportmodi finden Sie hier:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vddk.pg.doc_50%2FvddkDataStruct.5.5.html