Warning. Duplicate VMware connections have been eliminated

    • Summary:Description of and steps to resolve the issue when the Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance misinterprets a command from the VMware host as a duplicate connection, and shows the respective warning.
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    Warning message

    Duplicate VMware connections have been eliminated. Review your connections.

    Warning in the Management Console Example warning message in the Management Console

    Warning in the Dashboard Example warning message in the Dashboard

    Warning description

    The VMware host sends a command to the Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance, and appliance interprets the command as a duplicate connection from the same VMware host.

    To prevent any complications for the backup sets, their schedules and data consistency, appliance automatically removes all artifacts related to the connection, and shows the respective message.

    Steps to resolve

    1. In the appliance Management Console, go to Clients › VMware.

    2. Check for the duplicate connections from the same VMware host.

    3. Check for the duplicate virtual machines and the respective clients.

    4. On the Dashboard tab, click the warning in the Notices widget.

      The system will immediately clear the warning from appliance, and also from the Dashboard in five minutes.