Unable to edit ESXi Advanced System Settings from vCenter after installing Veeam I/O filters

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Error: "There are errors in some of the advanced settings values. Resolve them to continue." while editing ESXi Advanced System Settings from vCenter.

• Unable to edit ESXi Advanced System Settings from vCenter
• VEEAM I/O filters had been installed

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

Cause

This is caused by an invalid advanced setting in ESXi configuration

esxcli system settings advanced list | grep -A5 /UserVars/VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize
Path: /UserVars/VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize
Type: integer
Int Value: 1073741824
Default Int Value: 1073741824
Min Value: 0
Max Value: 0

VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize has min and max values set to 0.
Default and current values of 1073741824 is out of bounds, making the configuration of this option invalid.

 

 

Resolution

• Please engage VEEAM support for resolution
  
  • Workaround (only be applied with VEEAM support agreement): Change VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize to 0 
    

    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/vsphere-single-host-management-vmware-host-client-7-0.html

    https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=1038578

 

• • Set VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize back to default
    
        esxcli system settings advanced list set -d -o /UserVars/VeeamCDP.TlogPreallocSize

 

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
Unable to edit ESXi Advanced System Settings from vCenter