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failed Client error Failed to open VDDK disk

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My situation:I am using: 3 hosts vSphere 4.0 Enterprise plus, 1 Dell Equallogic PS5000E and 1 MD3000i. Both iSCSI devices.
- Currently done work: installed a physsical server with 4 network ports with w2k3 R2 x64.
- install the Veeam software on it
- installed the microsoft iSCSI initator 2.0.8 on it
- Added the vCenter server in Veeam backup (virtual) and created a Veeam account to be able to login to the vCenter.
- Added the same account to host1 to be root and login with ssh. (getting it working on one host, and doing the same on the others if it works)
- Added the server to the iSCSI config of the MD3000i
- Added a 100GB disk from the MD3000i. Now Drive E:\ formatted as NTFS.
When backing up using SAN-Only: this is the result.

Backing up file "[ds-workst-ISO-template-SAN02] vmdwxpie8f/vmdwxpie8f-flat.vmdk" BackupDisk failed Client error: Failed to open VDDK disk [[ds-workst-ISO-template-SAN02] vmdwxpie8f/vmdwxpie8f.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [true] ) Failed to open VMDK. Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [vmpapa.fab.local];Port: 443;Login: [fab\daemon_v_backup];VMX Spec: [moref=vm-791];Snapshot mor: [snapshot-1758];Transports: [san]] failed because of the following errors: Server error: End of file

Any ideas?
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Re: failed Client error Failed to open VDDK disk

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As usual, hard to say much without full logs, apart from guesses... is it possible that you have custom vCenter port defined? Please shoot full logs from Help | Support Information to support@veeam.com for investigation.
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Re: failed Client error Failed to open VDDK disk

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i`ve got the same error. what kind of logs must be send to support? thanx
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Re: failed Client error Failed to open VDDK disk

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Roman, we would require only job logs most of the time, but I would recommend zipping the entire folder (Help->Support Information) for investigation.
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Re: failed Client error Failed to open VDDK disk

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Check out granular permissions they are causing me the same greif in v6

Any v6 documentation yet ?
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All documentation is available on our web site (under resources), please have a look.
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