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The PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine backups fail with exit status ABV0006. ABV0006: VM Direct engine 'localhost' is unable to back up the virtual machine 'MY-VMNAME' on vCenter 'MY-VCENTER'.Protection of this virtual machine by the VM Direct engine cannot be completed because the backup was unsuccessful.Review the error details and summary log in the Jobs window, or review the log files at /var/log/brs/vmdm for more detailed information to troubleshoot the issue. The PowerProtect Data Manager //var/log/brs/vmdm/vmdm.log shows: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO * - Session complete with failure BackupJobSession(state=Failure, id=7cfa28c2-0abe-4e1a-b3e9-a6afa1069ac7, clean, error: code=500, text=Backup has FAILED. Unable to initialize Backup Descriptor. HTTP Get request unable to download config file '[MY-DATASTORE] a2968c64-2a10-5ea8-df31-e4434bbad83c/MY-VMNAME.vmx' using URL 'https://MY-VCENTER.MY-DOMAIN.COM/folder/a2968c64-2a10-5ea8-df31-e4434bbad83c/MY-VMNAME.vmx?dcPath=MY-DATACENTER&dsName=MY-DATASTORE'. HTTP Status code: 404., target=MY-VMNAME) YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR * - VM Proxy BackupJobSession failed -- Backup has FAILED. Unable to initialize Backup Descriptor. HTTP Get request unable to download config file '[MY-DATASTORE] a2968c64-2a10-5ea8-df31-e4434bbad83c/MY-VMNAME.vmx' using URL 'https://MY-VCENTER.MY-DOMAIN.COM/folder/a2968c64-2a10-5ea8-df31-e4434bbad83c/MY-VMNAME.vmx?dcPath=MY-DATACENTER&dsName=MY-DATASTORE'. HTTP Status code: 404.
The vSphere Data Center name has a special character (/) that is causing an issue when the full vmx file path is being provided.
Rename the vSphere Data Center name in the vSphere UI without the forward slash special Character (/) or replace it with another special character (ex: Dash).
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