A colleague got some trouble connecting with the VMware Data Recovery appliance, received this warning:

Error: Could not connect to the Data Recovery on the appliance

Please make sure the Data Recovery appliance is powered on. If the problem persists, please restart the Data Recovery appliance

Time for some troubleshooting:

- Ping test was successful;
- Could resolve DNS names;
- Rebooted the appliance;
- No weird error in the event log;

Resolution:

After checking the appliance version (VMware Data Recovery 2.0.1131) and the Plugin-Version (VMware Data Recovery Plugin 1.1.37) I thought.. maybe I need to update the plugin

After upgrading the plugin to version 1.2.1.3 I was able to connect the appliance again:

Result:

More information: Troubleshooting VMware Data Recovery plug-in connection issues

Today tried to import the ESX Deployment Appliance (EDA) in vCenter 4, but after File > Deploy OVF template > selecting destination host I received this error message:

Device ‘VirtualCdrom’ uses a controller that is not supported. This is a general limitation to the virtual machine’s virtual hardware version on the selected host

To modify the VMware Hardware Version from default version 7 to 4 you can use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.1 Now I was able to import the EDA Appliance in my vCenter.

De installatie en configuratie duurt wonderbaarlijk enkele minuten, wat is er uitgevoerd:

- Download: vCenterMobileAccess-ovf-1.0.0.17-153242.zip

- Import appliance met VMware Converter

- Start appliance:

(Bewerk ip/subnet/gateway van de appliance onder: Configure Network)

Om de hostname van de appliance te veranderen kan je het volgende commando invoeren:

echo “VMpros.local” > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname/

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