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I am deploying vSDP 6.1.1 to use to back up just a few lab vm's and when deploying i complete the import process and power on the vm. &nbsp;From there i go through the setup wizard and then add my back up location. The process completes and asks me to reboot the appliance so i do so. &nbsp;After it boots back up it takes me straight back to the set up wizard as if i never completed it. If i continue through the process, i get to the add the back up disks and it tells me the appliance already has them attached. &nbsp;I have never seen this behavior before and was wondering what others have seen.<br />
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I know vSDP is not the best but it is free for this test lab for employees and will have a minimal work load.
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I am deploying vSDP 6.1.1 to use to back up just a few lab vm's and when deploying i complete the import process and power on the vm.  From there i go through the setup wizard and then add my back up location. The process completes and asks me to reboot the appliance so i do so.  After it boots back up it takes me straight back to the set up wizard as if i never completed it. If i continue through the process, i get to the add the back up disks and it tells me the appliance already has them attached.  I have never seen this behavior before and was wondering what others have seen.

I know vSDP is not the best but it is free for this test lab for employees and will have a minimal work load.

vsphere data protection 6.1.1 deployment cycle

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.