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VMware Backup: Could not create a quiesced snapshot (VSQ-000005)
VMware Backup: Could not create a quiesced snapshot (VSQ-000005)
Symptoms
A Virtual machine backup fails with the following error:
Cause
This error is generated by VMware as VSquare is requiring a fully quiescied snapshot before starting any backup operation. If a fully quiesced snapshot cannot be created, by default VSquare will mark the virtual machine backup as failed.
Resolution
You can follow these instructions to configure the VMware virtual machine quiesced behavior during backup.
To know more about quiesced snapshots and how VMware supports them please refer to the Official VMware Knowledge base article.
See Also
How to Schedule a new Backup job Official VMware Knowledge base article
Symptoms
A Virtual machine backup fails with the following error:
Could not create a quiesced snapshot. An error occurred while quiescing the virtual machine.
Cause
This error is generated by VMware as VSquare is requiring a fully quiescied snapshot before starting any backup operation. If a fully quiesced snapshot cannot be created, by default VSquare will mark the virtual machine backup as failed.
Resolution
You can follow these instructions to configure the VMware virtual machine quiesced behavior during backup.
To know more about quiesced snapshots and how VMware supports them please refer to the Official VMware Knowledge base article.
See Also
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Last Update : 11 August 2016 - 09:21