Hi,
I'm trying to make a backup with vcbMounter of a Windows 2008 VM, I use this command while logged in to ESX server:
/usr/sbin/vcbMounter -h localhost -u root -p password -a uuid:564dd822-619e-68cc-0c31-1090c8e1f3ba -t fullvm -r /vmfs/volumes/backupDisk/backupFolder -m cos
This produces an error:
error 'vcbMounter'] Error: Other error encountered: Snapshot creation failed: A snapshot operation cannot be performed.
error 'vcbMounter'] An error occurred, cleaning up...
On the Windows 2008 Application log I see this:
Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category
Error 18.2.2010 20:45:03 VSS 12298 None Volume Shadow Copy Service error: The I/O writes cannot be held during the shadow copy creation period on volume
?\Volume{1cafcc7a-8e7c-11dd-a93c-806e6f6e6963}\. The volume index in the shadow copy set is 0. Error details: Open[0x00000000], Flush[0x00000000], Release[0x00000000], OnRun[0x80042314].
Context:
Current State: DoSnapshotSet
Error 18.2.2010 20:45:03 VSS 12293 None Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}. Routine details CommitSnapshots .
Context:
Current State: DoSnapshotSet
Error 18.2.2010 20:44:43 VSS 12340 None Volume Shadow Copy Error: VSS waited more than 40 seconds for all voumes to be flushed. This caused volume
?\Volume{1cafcc7a-8e7c-11dd-a93c-806e6f6e6963}\ to timeout while waiting for the release-writes phase of shadow copy creation. Trying again when disk activity is lower may solve this problem.
Context:
Current State: flush-and-hold writes
Volume Name:
?\Volume{1cafcc7a-8e7c-11dd-a93c-806e6f6e6963}\
Error 18.2.2010 20:44:43 VSS 12340 None Volume Shadow Copy Error: VSS waited more than 40 seconds for all voumes to be flushed. This caused volume
?\Volume{1cafcc7b-8e7c-11dd-a93c-806e6f6e6963}\ to timeout while waiting for the release-writes phase of shadow copy creation. Trying again when disk activity is lower may solve this problem.
Context:
Current State: flush-and-hold writes
Volume Name:
?\Volume{1cafcc7b-8e7c-11dd-a93c-806e6f6e6963}\
I haven't found any specifics about these errors from the net. I've ran vssadmin list writers on Windows and it shows all writers as Stable and No Errors. I also tried reinstalling Vmware Tools but no change.
Another Win 2008 VM on the same server is working fine.
Any tips will be greatly appreciated.