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I am getting vss writer error everytime when the vmbackup kick in.
I am wondering How the quiesced snapshot works on vmware?
Does vmware API call Microsoft vss writer?
I am wondering How the quiesced snapshot works on vmware?
Does vmware API call Microsoft vss writer?
Paul Solovyovsky
That's correct. If you're doing backups at the same time you may have VSS conflicts
If they are application aware
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The backup is not not appaware, just vm backup.
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Abhilash:
Thank you for this link , it is interesting.
I only want to protect the VM, because the application is being backup by its own backup unitility.
Can I disable vss option in vmtool?
Thank you for this link , it is interesting.
I only want to protect the VM, because the application is being backup by its own backup unitility.
Can I disable vss option in vmtool?
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I should be able to do vm backup even though I disabled vss, am I correct?
Yes. You will be disabling VSS so you can do VM backup.
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Thank you all.
I disabled the vss option in the vmtools and did not have any issue with application , that is, the service did not stop.
so the vss only require if we do any application backup(SQL database , log etc) otherwise we do not need it, we can always recover the vm and its application installation(sql installation), am I correct?
I disabled the vss option in the vmtools and did not have any issue with application , that is, the service did not stop.
so the vss only require if we do any application backup(SQL database , log etc) otherwise we do not need it, we can always recover the vm and its application installation(sql installation), am I correct?
Yes, VSS option not required.
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