En ocasiones, el respaldo de la imagen de VM de Avamar tarda más en completarse debido al uso de nbd en lugar de adición en caliente

Summary: En ocasiones, el respaldo de la imagen de VM de Avamar tarda más en completarse debido al uso de nbd en lugar de adición en caliente.

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Symptoms

Un tiempo de finalización del respaldo de una imagen de VMware de Avamar es incoherente.

En ocasiones, el respaldo se completa rápidamente.
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

En días "lentos", el respaldo tarda mucho más. El siguiente tarda 24 horas.
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

Los respaldos tienen tamaños y velocidad de cambio similares. Ambos se ejecutan como "sintéticos completos". Los registros indican que el respaldo más rápido utiliza "adición en caliente"
2017-09-21 02:03:06 avvcbimage Info <0000>: Connected with hotadd transport to virtual disk [XXXXX] XXXXXXXX.vmdk. Time to connect: 35082 msecs
El respaldo más lento informa un problema de conexión mediante la adición en caliente. Recurre al uso de nbd.
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

Cause

Cada día, el respaldo utilizaba un proxy diferente.

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

Respaldo más lento:
2017-09-22 02:00:15 avvcbimage Info <18672>: proxy VM Instance name is: xxxxx-proxy-2 
El proxy utilizado el 21 de septiembre no estaba disponible el 22 de septiembre.
El respaldo utilizaba un proxy diferente, que presentaba problemas de configuración.
Cuando se utiliza este proxy diferente, no se puede aprovechar el modo de transporte de "adición en caliente" más rápido.

Resolution

El registro recomienda qué comprobar si no se puede utilizar el transporte de adición en caliente.

Si la configuración de la VM no se ha modificado, compruebe las comprobaciones de configuración relacionadas con el proxy.
 
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)

Additional Information

Para obtener más información sobre los posibles modos de transporte, consulte:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vddk.pg.doc_50%2FvddkDataStruct.5.5.html

Affected Products

Avamar

Products

Avamar, Avamar Client for VMware
Article Properties
Article Number: 000046189
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025
Version:  6
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