Running the Test mapping fails with Error while Connection status on all ESXi has status Good.
vSphere Replication 9.X
Driver vmware-hbr-agent was not installed on ESXi server.
hms.log
2025-01-02 13:54:09.803 INFO com.vmware.hms.i18n.class com.vmware.hms.response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter [tcweb-4] (..response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter) [operationID=50#######-4792-bdfb-7##########-HMS-1348567,sessionID=2#######] | The localized message is: Fault occurred while performing health check. Details: '404 Not Found from GET https://#.#.#.#/hbragent/api/v1.0/appPing?broker_ip=172.#.#.33&broker_port=32032&group=PING-GID-0002e10c-####-4a56-####-c8ef84e6cca2'.
2025-01-02 13:54:09.803 INFO com.vmware.hms.i18n.class com.vmware.hms.response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter [tcweb-4] (..response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter) [operationID=50#######-4792-bdfb-7##########-HMS-1348567,sessionID=2#######] | The localized message is: Fault occurred while performing health check. Details: '404 Not Found from GET https://#.#.#.#/hbragent/api/v1.0/appPing?broker_ip=172.#.24.#&broker_port=32032&group=PING-GID-aea552a2-####-4fdd-####-5573996232bf'.
2025-01-02 13:54:09.803 INFO com.vmware.hms.i18n.class com.vmware.hms.response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter [tcweb-4] (..response.filter.I18nActivationResponseFilter) [operationID=50#######-4792-bdfb-7##########-HMS-1348567,sessionID=2#######] | The localized message is: Fault occurred while performing health check. Details: '404 Not Found from GET https://#.#.#.#/hbragent/api/v1.0/appPing?broker_ip=172.#.24.25&broker_port=32032&group=PING-GID-fc03f737-####-475e-####-3a00300c1617'.
Non Working host:
[root@##-LAB-201:~]esxcli software vib list | grep hbr
vmware-hbrsrv 8.0.3-0.0.24022510 VMware VMwareCertified 2024-12-16 host
Working host:
[root@##-LAB-108:~] esxcli software vib list | grep hbr
vmware-hbr-agent 8.0.3-0.0.24143343 VMware VMwareCertified 2025-01-02 host
vmware-hbrsrv 8.0.3-0.0.24022510 VMware VMwareCertified 2025-01-02 host
ESXi firewall will not list hbr-agent under outgoing connection.
ESXi services will not list hbr-agent listed as a service.
Downloading the HBR Agent Component from the vSphere Replication Appliance:
Via WinSCP -
Login into VRMS using putty & go to this location. If you find the depot.zip, download it using WinSCP.
root@VRMS [ /opt/vmware/hbr/vib ]# ls -l
total 59136
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20194451 Sep 28 2023 VMware-ESXi-8.0.2-22517424-hbragent.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20090149 Sep 28 2023 VMware-HBR-Agent-8.0.2-0.0.22517424-depot.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20190426 Sep 28 2023 vmware-hbr-agent-8.0.2-0.0.22517424.i386.vib
Extract the folder VMware-HBR-Agent-8.0.2-0.0.22517424-depot.zip
Browse to location: VMware-HBR-Agent-8.0.2-0.0.22517424-depot\vib20\vmware-hbr-agent
Copy VMware_bootbank_vmware-hbr-agent_8.0.3-0.0.24143343.vib to either /tmp or a datastore location on ESXi.
Run the command to install the vib which requires no reboot.
[root@##-LAB-201:~] esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/Datastore_Name/VMware_bootbank_vmware-hbr-agent_8.0.3-0.0.24143343.vib
Installation Result
Message: Operation finished successfully.
VIBs Installed: VMware_bootbank_vmware-hbr-agent_8.0.3-0.0.24143343
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped:
Reboot Required: false
DPU Results: