PowerProtect: Disaster Recovery backup configuration page displays error repositoryHost

Summary: Error message "400: Object has missing required properties (['repositoryHost'])" is displayed while trying to enable Disaster Recovery backups.

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Symptoms

"Disaster Recovery" configuration page produces an error message similar to the following:

Disaster Recovery error message

 

On the PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) servers within serverdr.log file, the following error messages are reported:

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.msZ ERROR [] [https-jsse-nio-XXXX-exec-8] [][][][TRACE_ID:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx][] [c.a.o.v.s.DefaultValidationReportHandler.logApiValidation(88)] -  OpenAPI location=REQUEST key=PUT#/api/v2/server-disaster-recovery-configurations/cd7fcff2-fd68-475f-97ea-0d58aa6417cd levels=ERROR messages=Validation failed.
[ERROR][REQUEST][PUT /api/v2/server-disaster-recovery-configurations/cd7fcff2-fd68-475f-97ea-0d58aa6417cd @body] Object has missing required properties (["repositoryHost"]) 
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.msZ ERROR [] [https-jsse-nio-XXXX-exec-8] [][][][TRACE_ID:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx][] [c.d.p.r.v.c.OpenApiValidationExceptionHandlingConfiguration$OpenApiValidatorExceptionHandler.handleOpenApiException(35)] -  HandleOpenApiException Trace - Object has missing required properties (['repositoryHost']).

 

Cause

When PowerProtect Data Manager was installed and Data Domain was added as storage, "Auto Enabling Server Disaster Recovery Backups" job has failed due to an environment issue. That resulted in "serverdr" service to have records in its cache that resulted in the above-mentioned error messages.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow steps can be used:

  1. Connect PowerProtect Data Manager host using SSH client and log in using local admin account.
  2. Restart serverdr service: 
    serverdr restart

     
  3. Wait for 5 minutes and try to enable Disaster Recovery backups again. 

Affected Products

PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance, PowerProtect Data Manager, PowerProtect Data Manager Essentials, PowerProtect Data Manager Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000289914
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2025
Version:  2
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