Re: VDP 6.1 Backup Failures

Same issue here as my VDP backups were failing after upgrading vCenter Server to 6.0 U2a on Tuesday.  I was able to resolve it by upgrading VDP to 6.1.3.  The VMware compatibility matrix shows that VDP 6.1.2 is compatible with vCenter Server 6.0 U2 but there must be something in the vCenter 6.0 U2a upgrade that's incompatible with 6.1.2.

There's also a slight change to the VDP upgrade process that I noticed in the vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3 Release Notes:

Upgrade Changes

• vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3 supports in-place upgrade, that is, upgrade from 6.1.x to 6.1.3. Note: In-place upgrade is supported from vSphere Data Protection 6.1.
• vCenter Server 6.5 is supported with vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3 only. To upgrade vCenter Server to 6.5, first upgrade vSphere Data Protection to 6.1.3, and then upgrade vCenter Server.
• Change in the upgrade process:
  1. The vSphere Data Protection configuration utility logs out after 86% of the upgrade completes. You cannot see the progress further.
  2. After the upgrade completes, when vSphere Data Protection configuration utility shuts down, a message that states that the maintenance services are not running appears.
  3. Ignore the message, and start the vSphere Data Protection appliance without deleting the snapshot, and making the vSphere Data Protection disks independent.
  4. Verify whether all the services are running on the vSphere Data Protection configuration utility, and all the jobs correctly appear in the vSphere Data Protection GUI.
  5. Shut down vSphere Data Protection.
  6. Delete the snapshot, and make the vSphere Data Protection disks independent. The vSphere Data Protection Administration Guide provides information.