Modifying the VDDK Manually for Host Based Backup (HBBU)

You can modify the VDDK for host based backup (HBBU) manually.

Modify the VDDK 6.7 for backup of vSphere 5.5 or higher:

Follow these steps:

  1. Download VDDK from the VMware website.
  2. Extract all files into a temporary folder.
  3. Locate the folder named bin that is available under the below path and rename the folder (for example, bin_old):
  4. <Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64\
  5. Example: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64\
  6. Locate the folder named bin from the extracted files in the temporary folder and copy to the below path:
  7. <Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64\.
  8. The VDDK is successfully modified.

Modify the VDDK 5.5 for backup of vSphere 5.0 and 5.1:

Follow these steps:

  1. Download VDDK from the VMware website.
  2. Extract all files into a temporary folder.
  3. Locate the folder named bin that is available under the below path and rename the folder (for example, bin_old):
  4. <Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK5.5\BIN\VDDK64\
  5. Example: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\VDDK5.5\BIN\VDDK64\
  6. Locate the folder named bin from the extracted files in the temporary folder and copy to the below path:
  7. <Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK5.5\BIN\VDDK64\.
  8. The VDDK is successfully modified.