Windows Open File Backups is not selected, Below is the details status from the activity monitor, I have increased the vmcloglevel in the registry of the backup host to 6 so the bpfis is quite large. Please find the bpfis log file attached.
Nothing gets created on the VM Console yet, the backup fails before it evens reaches that point.
03/07/2013 12:49:19 - Info nbjm (pid=25225) starting backup job (jobid=46) for client CFO_VDR, policy VMware_Policy, schedule Test
03/07/2013 12:49:19 - Info nbjm (pid=25225) requesting STANDARD_RESOURCE resources from RB for backup job (jobid=46, request id:{AA2B7846-8714-11E2-B2F8-0017A477201A})
03/07/2013 12:49:19 - requesting resource Temp_Disk_Backup
03/07/2013 12:49:19 - requesting resource ctf-bck-master.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.CFO_VDR
03/07/2013 12:49:19 - requesting resource ctf-bck-master.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.VMware_Policy
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info bpbrm (pid=2708) CFO_VDR is the host to backup data from
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info bpbrm (pid=2708) reading file list from client
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info bpbrm (pid=2708) start bpfis on client
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info bpbrm (pid=2708) Starting create snapshot processing
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - granted resource ctf-bck-master.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.CFO_VDR
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - granted resource ctf-bck-master.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.VMware_Policy
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - granted resource MediaID=@aaaab;Path=D:\test_backups;MediaServer=ctf-bck-vmhost01
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - granted resource Temp_Disk_Backup
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - estimated 0 kbytes needed
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - begin Parent Job
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - begin VMware: Start Notify Script
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info RUNCMD (pid=29081) started
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - Info RUNCMD (pid=29081) exiting with status: 0
Operation Status: 0
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - end VMware: Start Notify Script; elapsed time 0:00:00
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - begin VMware: Step By Condition
Operation Status: 0
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - end VMware: Step By Condition; elapsed time 0:00:00
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - begin VMware: Read File List
Operation Status: 0
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - end VMware: Read File List; elapsed time 0:00:00
03/07/2013 12:49:20 - begin VMware: Create Snapshot
03/07/2013 12:49:21 - started process bpbrm (pid=2708)
03/07/2013 12:49:22 - Info bpfis (pid=4568) Backup started
03/07/2013 12:49:23 - snapshot backup of client CFO_VDR using method VMware_v2
03/07/2013 12:49:29 - end writing
Operation Status: 156
03/07/2013 12:49:29 - end VMware: Create Snapshot; elapsed time 0:00:09
03/07/2013 12:49:29 - begin VMware: Stop On Error
Operation Status: 0
03/07/2013 12:49:29 - end VMware: Stop On Error; elapsed time 0:00:00
03/07/2013 12:49:29 - begin VMware: Delete Snapshot
03/07/2013 12:49:30 - Info bpbrm (pid=4792) Starting delete snapshot processing
03/07/2013 12:49:30 - Info bpfis (pid=0) Snapshot will not be deleted
03/07/2013 12:49:30 - started process bpbrm (pid=4792)
03/07/2013 12:49:35 - end writing
Operation Status: 1542
03/07/2013 12:49:35 - end VMware: Delete Snapshot; elapsed time 0:00:06
Operation Status: 156
03/07/2013 12:49:35 - end Parent Job; elapsed time 0:00:15
snapshot error encountered (156)