Using Veeam Backup and Replication Free version
Hi Everybody
I am having to use the free version of Veeam Backup & Replication to backup our critical servers due to a number of commercial reasons.
I have not used it before, but when I try to VeeamZip a running VM I get the following error message :
19/10/2015 15:47:28 :: Processing xxx-xxx Error: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.
I seem to be able to VeeamZip OK when the VM is turned off, but this isn't always possible.
At the moment, I need to backup a handful of our most critical servers such as Exchange, SQL and Fileserver, to a separate storage unit that separate to our VSphere Datastores.
Thanks
Matthew
I am having to use the free version of Veeam Backup & Replication to backup our critical servers due to a number of commercial reasons.
I have not used it before, but when I try to VeeamZip a running VM I get the following error message :
19/10/2015 15:47:28 :: Processing xxx-xxx Error: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.
I seem to be able to VeeamZip OK when the VM is turned off, but this isn't always possible.
At the moment, I need to backup a handful of our most critical servers such as Exchange, SQL and Fileserver, to a separate storage unit that separate to our VSphere Datastores.
Thanks
Matthew
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Hi
I'm going to have a look at Altaro, so thanks for the tip
This is in Vmware, and all the guests have vmtools installed.
Thanks
Matthew
I'm going to have a look at Altaro, so thanks for the tip
This is in Vmware, and all the guests have vmtools installed.
Thanks
Matthew
altaro has recently launched, VMWare backup so worth a try. Their support even for free version is awesome.
Do you run VM level backup of some kind i.e: windows server backup which could be causing conflicts
Do you run VM level backup of some kind i.e: windows server backup which could be causing conflicts
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I got everything installed and started to back up an SQL vm running Windows Server 2008r2, and left it running. When I came in I got in this morning I got a similar error message: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.
I have checked on the VM and it is running Shadow Copy, could that be causing an issue ?
I have managed to run a snapshot of the VM from vSphere successfully.
Thanks
Matthew
I have checked on the VM and it is running Shadow Copy, could that be causing an issue ?
I have managed to run a snapshot of the VM from vSphere successfully.
Thanks
Matthew
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Hi again
I am still on with this project but I haven't been able to look at it over Christmas. I will be having another look at this over the course of the next few days. I am also interested in the Poweshell option as well.
Thanks
Matthew
I am still on with this project but I haven't been able to look at it over Christmas. I will be having another look at this over the course of the next few days. I am also interested in the Poweshell option as well.
Thanks
Matthew
Did this ever pan out? Where do you stand with the question?
have you installed latest VM integration tools? Is this on Hyper-V or VMware?