VMware backups are failing from two clients with 156 while other vm backups are working fine.Please find the detailed backup failure log below.
Any idea about the problem please. Thanks in advance.
Troubleshooting steps already performed without any luck.
1. Checked, No delta snapshot present on the vm which generally prevent new snapshot to create.
2. Uninstalled, rebooted client and reinstalled vmware tools (8.3.2).
3. Deleted the client from the policy and re-added.
4.Checked by changing VM Host Name/ Transfer Mode etc.
Detailed backup failure log
09/02/2013 21:30:23 - end Flash Backup Windows: Read File List; elapsed time 0:00:00
09/02/2013 21:30:23 - begin Flash Backup Windows: Create Snapshot
09/02/2013 21:30:23 - started process bpbrm (pid=7170)
09/02/2013 21:31:04 - Info bpbrm (pid=7170) client011 is the host to backup data from
09/02/2013 21:31:04 - Info bpbrm (pid=7170) reading file list from client
09/02/2013 21:31:04 - Info bpbrm (pid=7170) start bpfis on client
09/02/2013 21:31:04 - Info bpbrm (pid=7170) Starting create snapshot processing
09/02/2013 21:31:28 - Info bpfis (pid=4404) Backup started
09/02/2013 21:31:28 - snapshot backup of client client011 using method VMware
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Critical bpbrm (pid=7170) from client client011: FTL - VMware snapshot failed: SYM_VMC_TASK_REACHED_ERROR_STATE
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Critical bpbrm (pid=7170) from client client011: FTL - VMware error received: File <unspecified filename> is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore '<unspecified datastore>
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Critical bpbrm (pid=7170) from client client011: FTL - snapshot creation failed, status 156
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Warning bpbrm (pid=7170) from client client011: WRN - ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES is not frozen
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Info bpfis (pid=4404) done. status: 156
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - end Flash Backup Windows: Create Snapshot; elapsed time 0:04:28
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - Info bpfis (pid=0) done. status: 156: snapshot error encountered
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - end writing
Operation Status: 156
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - end Parent Job; elapsed time 0:04:28
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - begin Flash Backup Windows: Stop On Error
Operation Status: 0
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - end Flash Backup Windows: Stop On Error; elapsed time 0:00:00
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - begin Flash Backup Windows: Delete Snapshot
09/02/2013 21:34:51 - started process bpbrm (pid=10562)
09/02/2013 21:35:32 - Info bpbrm (pid=10562) Starting delete snapshot processing
09/02/2013 21:35:32 - Info bpfis (pid=0) Snapshot will not be deleted
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Info bpfis (pid=5568) Backup started
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Critical bpbrm (pid=10562) from client client011: FTL - cannot open C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\online_util\fi_cntl\bpfis.fim.client011_1378121422.1.0
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Info bpfis (pid=5568) done. status: 1542
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - end Flash Backup Windows: Delete Snapshot; elapsed time 0:01:24
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Info bpfis (pid=0) done. status: 1542: An existing snapshot is no longer valid and cannot be mounted for subsequent operations
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - end writing
Operation Status: 1542
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - begin Flash Backup Windows: End Notify Script
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Info RUNCMD (pid=10917) started
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - Info RUNCMD (pid=10917) exiting with status: 0
Operation Status: 0
09/02/2013 21:36:15 - end Flash Backup Windows: End Notify Script; elapsed time 0:00:00
Operation Status: 156
snapshot error encountered (156)
