When backing up VMware virtual machines, the task fails with the following message:
vRanger Backup & Replication relies on DNS resolution when processing a task. The vRanger server and the deployed virtual appliances must be able to resolve the FQDN of the vCenter Server and the ESXi hosts in order to successfully execute the task.
To confirm vRanger and the virtual appliances can resolve the FQDN, you can use any of the following commands:
As a workaround, if no DNS server is available, you can assign static values to the host file:
In order to change the DNS servers on the virtual appliances, these steps can be performed:
search domain
nameserver ipaddress
nameserver ipaddress2