Not able to backup vCenter From VAMI using SFTP

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• VAMI backup fails for vCenter when using SFTP protocol.
• You can see similar entries in /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log:

2020-11-17T06:00:10.806 [20201117-055913-17004997] [MainProcess:PID-37141] [FtpStorageIOLib::_process_curl_output:FtpStorageIOLib.py:119] ERROR: sftp cmd failed. RC: 78, Err: curl: (78) Could not open directory for reading: No such file or directory
, Cmd: ['/usr/bin/curl', '--fail', '-u', 'ftpbackup:****', '--connect-timeout', '10', '--ssl-reqd', '-k', '--noproxy', '*', '--silent', '--show-error', '--list-only', 'sftp://10.168.32.130/vCenter/hostname/S_7.0.1.00100_20201117-055913_/']
2020-11-17T06:00:10.806 [20201117-055913-17004997] [MainProcess:PID-37141] [BackupManager::Cleanup:BackupManager.py:395] WARNING: Ignore to clean up failed backup files, due to issue: 'Plugin error occurred. ErrCode: 3, Args: ()'.
2020-11-17T06:00:10.806 [20201117-055913-17004997] [MainProcess:PID-37141] [BackupManager::HandleBackupCleanup:BackupManager.py:439] ERROR: Failed to cleanup the backup job. Error: Failed to clean up the backup job.

Note:The preceding log excerpts are only examples.Date,time and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.1
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware vCenter Server version 7.0 U2.

Workaround:
None.