Problem
All VMware backup jobs are failing with "status 49: client did not start".
Error Message
Job Details:
Info bpbrm (pid=18222) VMCLIENT is the host to backup data from
Info bpbrm (pid=18222) reading file list for client
Info bpbrm (pid=18222) start bpfis on client
Info bpbrm (pid=18222) Starting create snapshot processing
Error bpbrm (pid=18222) client NBMEDIA didn't start
Info bpfis (pid=0) done. status: 49: client did not start
client did not start (49)
Cause
The above error can be seen when trying to run a VMware backup using an unsupported VMware Backup Host.
Example:
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.3
Solution
Configure NetBackup to use a Backup Host with a supported OS.
For a list of supported VMware backup host platforms, please refer to the NetBackup SCL.
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