Problem description
App aware backup completes successfully with the error The guest operations agent is out of date
.
Cause
The backup can fail with this error if the VMware tools are out of date.
Traceback
Follow the instructions in the Logs article and download the job logs.
Extract the logs and go through the Phoenix<YYYY/MM/DD>-<timestamp>.log to determine if the following error is observed.
[2020-06-23 23:06:32,161] [ERROR] Error <class 'pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.vim.fault.GuestComponentsOutOfDate'>:(vim.fault.GuestComponentsOutOfDate) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = 'The guest operations agent is out of date.',
faultCause = <unset>,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) []
}. Traceback -Traceback (most recent call last):
File "agents/vmware/vmwareAgent.py", line 2776, in init_backup
File "agents/vmware/vmwareAgent.py", line 2983, in check_vm_credential
File "agents/vmware/guest_os_utils.py", line 169, in is_credential_valid
File "pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 575, in <lambda>
File "pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 381, in _InvokeMethod
File "pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1370, in InvokeMethod
vim.fault.GuestComponentsOutOfDate: (vim.fault.GuestComponentsOutOfDate) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = '.',
faultCause = <unset>,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) []
}
Resolution
Update the VMtools to the latest available version.
Verification
Retry the app-aware backup job once the VMtools are up to date .