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Gdd's avatar
Gdd
Level 6
13 years ago

Backup of VM with Windows Dynamic Disks

Are there any restrictions for the VM with Windows Dynamic Disks in VMware environments: I found nothing in the NetBackup documentation, but I see that a backup with the "Quiesce Virtual Machine En...
  • VirtualED's avatar
    13 years ago

    Look out for this issue:

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH179969

     

    During the Snapshot portion of a vStorage backup, a VM consisting of dynamic disk may attempt to mount additional disk on the virtual machine. Upon the completion of the snapshot, the added dynamic disk may remain on the VM and show up as missing via Disk Management.