{"id":810,"date":"2020-09-22T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labiol.xyz\/?p=810"},"modified":"2020-12-22T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T21:49:08","slug":"creating-snapshot-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/creating-snapshot-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating snapshot failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Error creating snapshot on virtual machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situation is usually repeatable, but sometimes fix after vm reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Error: “Creating snapshot failed.. An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such case it is likely problem with with VSS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are there ways to resolve such problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. try to fix it by reparing windows installation. Some steps may be helpfull to search for solution:
    – restart system
    – reinstall vmtools
    – vssadmin list writers\u00a0
    – vssadmin list writers — check if it is stable and with no error
    – investigate windows logs
    – check if you have at least 10% of free space on your drive
    – some usefull tips can be found here: https:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/t5\/Converter-Standalone-Discussions\/VSS-snapshot-troubles\/m-p\/255699?start=0<\/a> and https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/1007696<\/a><\/li>
  2. disable VSS via vmtools
    To file C:\\ProgramData\\VMware\\VMware Tools\\Tools.conf <\/span>add entry:
    [vmbackup]
    vss.disableAppQuiescing = true<\/span><\/li>
  3. to virtual system configuration file (vmx) add the following confiugration line:
    disk.EnableUUID=FALSE<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Additional information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/2146204<\/a><\/li>
    2. https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/1031200<\/a><\/li>
    3. https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/1007696<\/a><\/li>
    4. https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/1018194<\/a><\/li>
    5. https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/s\/article\/1028881<\/a><\/li>
    6. https:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/t5\/Converter-Standalone-Discussions\/VSS-snapshot-troubles\/m-p\/255699?start=0<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Error creating snapshot on virtual machine. Situation is usually repeatable, but sometimes fix after vm reboot. Error: “Creating snapshot failed.. An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine” In such case it is likely problem with with VSS. There are there ways to resolve such … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labiol.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}