Troubleshoot MABS protection groups that stop creating recovery points or show datasource errors.
02 Check policy Confirm the datasource is enabled for the intended disk, short-term or online protection policy.
06 Validate the next recovery point Monitor the next scheduled or manual synchronization and confirm the recovery point appears in the expected retention tier.
Identify affected datasources and determine whether the issue is isolated to one server or shared across the group.
Review protection group status
Check policy
Confirm the datasource is enabled for the intended disk, short-term or online protection policy.
Check agent communication
Verify the MABS agent is healthy and that the protected server can communicate with MABS.
Check replica health
Review replica consistency and recent synchronization jobs before forcing repeated retries.
Check storage
Confirm replica and recovery point volumes have sufficient free space and healthy storage.
Validate the next recovery point
Monitor the next scheduled or manual synchronization and confirm the recovery point appears in the expected retention tier.
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