Full VM backup leaves snapshot (hidden) on VM's

[bjorn.zakrisson@atea.com]

Hi.
Having a problem when i run backups on VM's.
I have googled it and it seems to be a VADP problem.
http://henriwithani.wordpress.com/20...move-snapshot/

It also seems that other backup providers have same problem.

I will create a case with Vmware but i wonder i someone else have seen this issue and solved it in TSM enviroment.

Regards
Bjorn

[mfecteau]

Yes, it happens for me when a snapshot fails on my big Windows VMs. It cannot quiesce them. The VSS driver in VMtools needs to be uninstalled. Unfortunately futur snapshots would not be crash-consistent. See : kb.vmware.com/kb/1018194

To delete the hidden snapshot, we need to make sure the disks are not connected the data mover (if it's the case, they need to be remove). Then, I make a snapshot of the VM with the hidden snapshot. Then, I go into the snapshot manager and click "delete all". It will delete the snapshot I just created, but also delete the hidden snapshot.