06-20-2012 08:06 AM
I have two Hyper-V servers that have VMs on storage local to the server. Some of those VMs have an iSCSI connection from within the VM to a Dell MD3220i array for shared storage to form clusters. The VMs that are not attached backup just fine. However, the VMs that have an iSCSI connection fail to backup, and I get this:
V-79-40960-38467 - Virtual machine "vm1" has been excluded from the backup because it must be put in a saved state to back up.
Since these VMs are in a cluster, I can't allow them to be put in a saved state, because that completely messes up Failover Clustering in Windows (Server 2008 R2, btw).
I can backup these VMs as I would a physical server and that works fine, but in a disaster situation, it would be much easier just to be able to restore the VM by using the Hyper-V agent. How can I get these VMs to backup without putting them in a saved state?
06-20-2012 08:28 AM
06-20-2012 08:33 AM
No, neither of those are an option.