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public:8082_issue:fail_to_connect_vm_disk_by_vddk_library_error_unknown [2020/08/28 10:50]
yuk.cheng [Cause]
public:8082_issue:fail_to_connect_vm_disk_by_vddk_library_error_unknown [2021/12/14 02:16] (current)
anna.olalia
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-=====  ISSUE: Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library. Error=Unknown (VMware VDDK backup) ​ =====+===== [V8] ISSUE: Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library. Error=Unknown (VMware VDDK backup) ​ =====
  
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-  Article ID+  Article ID</​b>​:
- </b>+
  8082  8082
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  <​b>​  <​b>​
-  Reviewed+  Reviewed</​b>​: 
- </​b>​ + 2021-01-28
- 28/08/2020+
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  <​br/>​  <​br/>​
  <​b>​  <​b>​
-  Product Version+  Product Version</​b>​:
- </b>+
  <​br/>​  <​br/>​
- ​AhsayOBM : 8.3.4.0 ​or above + ​AhsayOBM:​ 8.3.4.0 ​to 8.x
  <​br/>​  <​br/>​
  OS: Windows  OS: Windows
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 ===== Problem Description ===== ===== Problem Description =====
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-When performing a VMware guest VM backup in VDDK mode on VMware vCenter/​ESXi ​v5.0 and v5.1. The following error message is received in the backup report:+When performing a VMware guest VM backup in VDDK mode on VMware vCenter / ESXi, the following error message is received in the backup report:
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    <​td bgcolor="#​ffffff"​ style="​BORDER-LEFT:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="​middle">​    <​td bgcolor="#​ffffff"​ style="​BORDER-LEFT:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM:​ #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="​middle">​
     <font color=red>​     <font color=red>​
-     Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library"​ error: "VDDK Mode Error Virtual Machine = "​VM/​Hard disk" Reason = "Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library. Error=Unknown+     Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library"​ error: "VDDK Mode Error Virtual Machine = "​VM/​Hard disk" Reason =  
 +     <​br>​"Fail to connect VM disk by VDDK library". Error=Unknown
     </​font>​     </​font>​
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 ===== Cause ===== ===== Cause =====
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-The VMware VDDK 7 API used in AhsayOBM ​v8.3.4.0 ​or above no longer supports ​backup in VDDK mode for VMware vCenter/​ESXi v5.0.x, v5.1.x, and v5.5.x+This issue occurs because the VMware VDDK 7 API used in AhsayOBM ​version 8.3.4.0 ​- 8.3.6.125 are not supported by VMware vCenter / ESXi for backup in VDDK mode.
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 ===== Resolution ===== ===== Resolution =====
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-To workaround this issue replace the current VDDK 7 API with VDDK 6 API<a class="​postlink" ​href="​https://​download.ahsay.com/​support/​vddk6.zip">​Download ​the VDDK v6 API files from here</​a>​+To resolve the issue, patch the AhsayOBM application to version 8.5 or above. The instructions can be found by  
 +<a target=_blank href="​http://​wiki.ahsay.com/​doku.php?​id=public:​8010_faq:​how_to_install_the_latest_patch_set_for_ahsayobm_ahsayacb">​Clicking Here</​a>​. 
 + 
 +<​br>​ 
 +<​br>​ 
 +<font color=red>​Important:​ It is highly recommended for user to upgrade the AhsayOBM application to 8.5 or above.</​font>​ 
 + 
 +<​br>​ 
 +<​br>​ 
 +Alternatively,​ to workaround this issuereplace the current VDDK 7 API with the VDDK 6 API files, ​<a href="​https://​download.ahsay.com/​support/​vddk6.zip">​Click Here</​a>​ to download ​the VDDK v6 API files. Refer to the following steps to replace the files:
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 <ol> <ol>
-<​li><​font color=black>​Stop the AhsayOBM ​services.</​font></​li>​+<​li><​font color=black>​Stop the AhsayOBM ​service.</​font></​li>​
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 <​li><​font color=black>​Stop the AhsayOBM NFS service.</​font></​li>​ <​li><​font color=black>​Stop the AhsayOBM NFS service.</​font></​li>​
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Make a copy of the current folder ​<b>%OBM_INSTALL%\bin\x64</​b>​.</​font></​li>​+<​li><​font color=black>​In Windows Explorer, make a copy of the current folder %OBM_Install_home%\bin\x64.</font></​li>​ 
 +<​br>​ 
 +<​li><​font color=black>​Open the folder %OBM_Install_home\bin\x64.</​font></​li>​ 
 +<​br>​ 
 +<​li><​font color=black>​Delete the following .dll files (13 files in total):
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Using Windows Explorer open folder <​b>​%OBM_INSTALL%\bin\x64</​b>​.</​font></​li>​ 
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Delete the following 13 <​b>​.dll</​b>​ files from the <​b>​%OBM_INSTALL%\bin\x64</​b>​ folder.</​font></​li>​ 
 <ul> <ul>
 <​li><​font color=black>​diskLibPlugin.dll</​font></​li>​ <​li><​font color=black>​diskLibPlugin.dll</​font></​li>​
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 <​li><​font color=black>​zlib1.dll</​font></​li>​ <​li><​font color=black>​zlib1.dll</​font></​li>​
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Unzip the downloaded vddk.zip file and copy the contents ​<b>%OBM_INSTALL%\bin\x64</​b> ​folder.</​font></​li>​+</​font></​li><​br>​ 
 + 
 +<​li><​font color=black>​Unzip the downloaded vddk.zip file and copy its contents ​to the %OBM_Install_home%\bin\x64 folder.</​font></​li>​
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Start the AhsayOBM ​services.</​font></​li>​+<​li><​font color=black>​Restart ​the AhsayOBM ​service.</​font></​li>​
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-<​li><​font color=black>​Start the AhsayOBM NFS service.</​font></​li>​+<​li><​font color=black>​Restart ​the AhsayOBM NFS service.</​font></​li>​
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 +
 +Here is the list of VDDK 6 API files (17 files in total):
 +<br>
 +<br>
 +glib-2.0.dll<​br>​
 +gobject-2.0.dll<​br>​
 +gthread-2.0.dll<​br>​
 +gvmomi.dll<​br>​
 +iconv.dll<​br>​
 +intl.dll<​br>​
 +libcurl.dll<​br>​
 +libeay32.dll<​br>​
 +liblber.dll<​br>​
 +libldap.dll<​br>​
 +libldap_r.dll<​br>​
 +libxml2.dll<​br>​
 +ssleay32.dll<​br>​
 +VddkJNI.dll<​br>​
 +vixDiskLib.dll<​br>​
 +vixDiskLibVim.dll<​br>​
 +vixMntapi.dll<​br>​
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-<WRAP info> + 
-After the VDDK 7 API files are replaced with VDDK 6 API files. AhsayOBM v8.3.4.0 or above installation will no longer support backup of VMware vCenter/​ESXi v7 backup sets. + 
-</​WRAP>​ +
-List of VDDK 6 API files: +
-<​code>​ +
-glib-2.0.dll +
-gobject-2.0.dll +
-gthread-2.0.dll +
-gvmomi.dll +
-iconv.dll +
-intl.dll +
-libcurl.dll +
-libeay32.dll +
-liblber.dll +
-libldap.dll +
-libldap_r.dll +
-libxml2.dll +
-ssleay32.dll +
-VddkJNI.dll +
-vixDiskLib.dll +
-vixDiskLibVim.dll +
-vixMntapi.dll +
-</​code>​+
 ===== Keywords ===== ===== Keywords =====
-VMware vCenter/​ESXi, v5.0,v5.1, VDDK backup modeVDDK 7 API, fail to connect, unknown ​+<​html>​ 
 +VMware vCenter/​ESXi,​ VDDK, API, fail to connect, unknown 
 +</​html>​
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