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Sivaranjani's avatar
11 years ago

Vmware backup failed - error code 156

  Setup: Master server netbackup version : 7.5 Vcenter server : windows 2008 r2 Esxi version : 5.1 Proxy server : windows 2008 r2 ( NBU client 7.5)   There are 8 esxi servers and more t...
  • Sivaranjani's avatar
    11 years ago

    The below steps are given by Symantec.

    Uninstalled vmware vss provider .
     
    1.     Uninstall VMware Tools.
    2.     Allow the system to reboot.
    3.     Reinstall VMware Tools. Ensure that you click Custom Install.
    4.     Deselect VSS.(Volume Shadow Copy Services Support)

    Once this is done install the symantec vss provider.
     

    We have tried this workaround, now the VMs backups are running fine ( quiesced = enabled).