HOW TO: Fix the VMware Data Protection error - VDP: [001] The most recent checkpoint for the VDP appliance is outdated

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After a recent network outage this was displayed in the alerts of the VMware vSphere Client, One possible reason is the appliance is stored on a Microsoft Storage Server which has a poor network link to the iSCSI Target. (It should really use Jumbo Frames, and be at least 1GBe!)

This error has occured because a fault has occured in the backup repository, because the appliance has not been shutdown cleanly.

In this tutorial article, we will show you HOW TO: Fix the VMware Data Protection error - VDP: []001] The most recent checkpoint for the VDP appliance is outdated.
 

1. Login to the VMware Data Protection appliance.

Open the console using the VMware vSphere Client/Web Client, or connect via SSH. Using username - root, and corresponding password.


Type the following at the console prompt, to stop the VDP services.
 

dpnctl stop

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the results after stopping the services. 

This command stops:

• hfscheck
• MCS
• gsan
• axionfs

Type the command
 

mount

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and record the mount points for data01, data02 and data03.

The mount points are

We need to manually check the disks /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1; this can only be done if the current disk mounts are un-mounted.

Type the following commands at the console
 

umount /data01
                      umount /data02
                      umount /data03 

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We need to check each disk using the following commands at the console, 
 

xfs_check /dev/sdb1
                      xfs_check /dev/sdc1
                      xfs_check /dev/sdd1

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Remount all disks, type the following command at the console
 

mount -a

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Check all the disks are mounted as before, by typing 
 

mount

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Restart the VDP services by typing the following at the console
 

dpnctl start all

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Stop the Maintenance Services, by typing the following command at the console
 

dpnctl stop maint

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Create a manual checkpoint, using the following command
 

avmaint checkpoint --ava

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Perform a full HFSCheck using the following command; this can take many minutes or hours to run!
 

avmaint hfscheck --full --ava

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 Run this command, to verify the HFScheck:
 

avmaint hfscheckstatus --ava

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The result you are looking for is:-

status = "completed"
result = "OK"

Repeat the manual checkpoint and hfscheck until the above results are displayed.

Run this command, to restart the maintenances services.
 

dpnctl start maint

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You will notice the Alert has disappeared.

Congratulations you have Fixed the VMware Data Protection error - VDP: []001] The most recent checkpoint for the VDP appliance is outdated.

During this series of articles VMware released VMware vSphere 5.5 and VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.5. These articles are also applicable to VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0 and 5.5. For consistency, I have used VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.1 throughout this series.

Basic VMware Articles Series: 

 

• Part 1: HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)

 

• Part 2: HOW TO: Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client

 

• Part 3: HOW TO: Create an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image (*.iso), and MD5 checksum signature, for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)

 

• Part 4: HOW TO: Upload an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.

 

• Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)

 

• Part 6: HOW TO: Create your first Linux Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

 

• Part 7: HOW TO: Create your first Windows Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

 

• Part 8: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

 

• Part 9: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

 

• Part 10: HOW TO: Backup (Export) and Restore (Import) virtual machines to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 for FREE

 

• Part 11: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage

 

• Part 12: HOW TO: Configure and Replace the SSL Certificate on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

 

• ​Part 13: HOW TO: Configure basic networking on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

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