Vmware virtual machine snapshot
Hello Guys, I was trying to take backup of VMware virtual machine and I got an Error saying: The virtual machine is configured to use a device that prevents the snapshot operation: Device '' is a S...
Hello,
you must use filesystem backup. VMware snapshot are not possible when VM has a shared bus (VMware restriction). BTW, do you need it? It is usually required for clusters only.
regards
michal
I have moved your post to the NetBackup forum as your query is not directly related to NetBackup Appliance.
Michal_Mikulik1 is correct - this is a VMware limitation.
See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1006392
