vCenter scheduled vami backups not running, manual backups to same config successful.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

vCenter stops backup up as per its schedule.

Environment

vCenter all versions.

Resolution

The following should be as a first step troubleshooting attempt:

1. Delete the currently configured backup schedule in the vCenter vami
2. Reboot the vCenter
3. Re-create the backup schedule
4. Check if it is successful.

Additional Information

Logs of interest when investigating vCenter backup issues are located at the following location:

/var/log/vmware/applmgmt

• backup.log
• backupScheduler.log
• applmgmt.log