BE2010 VMware Backup failes - unable to create the virtual disk

[Rune_Sk_ien]

Hi

I have setup a deduplication-folder on an a drive (iscsi storage system), and file-backup works perfect. But when i try to backup a vmware vm with GRT through vCenter, i get an error "0xe00095b3 - Unable to create the virtual disk". It also refers to additional information V-79-57344-38323. There is nothing in that link (http://www.symantec.com/business/support/knowledge_base_sli.jsp?umi=EvtID=V-79-57344-38323).

In the backup summary, everything looks ok:

Backed up 38977 files in 4213 directories.
Backed up 1 virtual machines
Backed up 1 virtual machine disks
Processed 10 735 060 778 bytes in  10 minutes and  28 seconds.
Throughput rate: 978 MB/min
Compression Type: Hardware


But the size on the iscsi disk hasnt been changed, so there is nothing new stored after the backup has completed/failed.

Any suggestions?

[nicolias]

Error category    : Resource ErrorsError             : e00095b3 - Unable to create the virtual disk.

For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-38323

However, I am not backing up to a dedupe store but I am using a disk folder as a target.  Files are created in the store but nothing of substantial size.

I have tried ESX 3.5 and 4.0 for source VMs.

I have done this through hotadd backups and network based.  

I am not sure what else to try.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

[James_McKey]

  This is an issue we also found and will have fixed for the final release. When encountering this issue in the Beta you will need to disable GRT.

[Rune_Sk_ien]

Ok, thanks for the reply!

[timfnb]

I'm getting the same error when I try to run a dedupe job to disk.  I'm trying to backup a vmware machine and I'm assuming GRT is disabled as I've unchecked that option in the job properties under VMware.  Is this correct or is there somewhere else I need to disable it?

[timfnb]

I'm also wanting to do this all server-side, not source-side.  What do I need to uncheck to ensure this?  Thanks for the help!