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SCV backup fails when cannot find datastore(s)

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Applies to

SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)

Issue

  • Backup fails with the following error seen in the Job Details:

Unable to discover resources on SCV: Storage discovery failed, received error during operation: java.lang.NullPointerException. Please refer to operation logs for more details

  • Error is seen in vmcontrol_<job_ID> log:

DEBUG snapcenter-vmware.ntdomain.educ.gov.il --- [qtp474675244-16] c.n.a.d.StorageDiscoveryManager          : SmObject is Datastore:datastore-<moref_ID> Name:<datastore_name>
DEBUG snapcenter-vmware.ntdomain.educ.gov.il --- [qtp474675244-16] c.n.a.d.StorageDiscoveryManager          : SmObject is SmVMWareSANDataStore
DEBUG snapcenter-vmware.ntdomain.educ.gov.il --- [qtp474675244-16] c.n.a.d.StorageDiscoveryManager          : [JobId:17444] Retrieving Datastore by moref: Datastore:datastore-<moref_ID>
DEBUG snapcenter-vmware.ntdomain.educ.gov.il --- [qtp474675244-16] c.n.a.d.StorageDiscoveryManager          : [JobId:17444] Did not find the Datastore by Moref: Datastore:datastore-<moref_ID>, returning null

 

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