
- #Failed to start backup scheduler vdp install#
- #Failed to start backup scheduler vdp upgrade#
- #Failed to start backup scheduler vdp iso#
Mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-onlyĮxecuting df -h will now display the line item:
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Mount the attached ISO by executing the command: Note the lack of the device /dev/sr0 in the screenshot below:

SSH to the VDP appliance’s IP address and execute the command:
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Step #2 – Power on VDP Appliance and Mount ISOĮnsure that the upgrade ISO is uploaded to a datastore to avoid an upgrade failure due to mounting the ISO through a remote console and either the desktop you’re upgrading with crashes or vCenter gets restarted causing the ISO to disconnect from the VM. Once the disks have been changed to Dependent mode, snapshot the virtual machine to create a rollback point. It is extremely important to backup the appliance before performing the upgrade appliance as every failed upgrade I experienced rendered the appliance unusable so begin by shutting down the VDP appliance and change ALL the disks aside from Disk 1 to Dependent – Dependent disks are included in snapshots: The following are steps to perform the upgrade: The single line command supplied in the second post was much easier.
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My first attempt to resolve the issue was to use the first post but while using VI to edit the /etc/auto.mnt file to mount the ISO worked to get the ISO mounted for the install, it was too cumbersome to repeat during the install when you had seconds to remount the ISO because it gets dismounted. ISO Package Not Available During VDP Upgrade From 6.1 VMware vSphere Data Protection – Upgrade 6.1.2 to 6.1.3 ISO not detected The following are two posts that I found helpful: You’ve confirmed that the upgrade ISO is not corrupted and can see the files in the file when using utilities such as WinRAR to browse it.Ī quick search on the internet appears to suggest that this has been a problem since version 6.1 of the VDP appliance and the way to get around this issue is to manually mount the ISO via commands through an SSH session. To upgrade your VDP appliance, please connect a valid upgrade ISO image to the appliance. … but notice the following message after mounting the upgrade ISO and navigating to the Upgrade tab: You’re attempting to upgrade your VDP appliance from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3: Opening these items showed that they were objects that corresponded to the day I had started the migration batch for the public folder migration so I went ahead and deleted these items in the folder then forced replication via repadmin /syncall /AdeP on a domain controller and was then able to delete the mailbox database. The node that appeared to be out of place was the one named:ĬN=PublicFolderMailboxMigrationRequestsCNF:11714980-d0a3…īrowsing into that node displayed the following items:


I then went ahead and launched ADSIedit, connected to the Configuration container then browsed to:Ĭonfiguration > Services > Microsoft Exchange > ExchOrganization > Mailbox Replication displayed the following: … where a person indicated that there may be a lingering object in the Configuration container that is not returned by the PowerShell cmdlets. TemConfigurationTasks.RemoveMailboxDatabaseĪfter ensuring that there were no Public Folder Mailbox Migration requests by executing the Get-PublicFolderMailboxMigrationRequest cmdlet, I did a quick search on the internet and found the following post: + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (empfdb01:DatabaseIdParameter), AssociatedMRS Remove-PublicFolderMailboxMigrationRequest. To remove a PublicFolderMailboxMigration request, run Task Scheduler successfully completed task "\Microsoft\Daily Certificate Expiry Notification", instance ". Reviewing the History tab of the scheduled task shows the following log entries: You’ve created a new scheduled task in Task Scheduler to execute a batch file but notice that the task does not complete successfully and the Last Run Result is (0x1):
