vmware vstor change block tracking

[DanGiles]

When I did a full backup (-mode=full), I got these errors:


08/17/2011 17:00:41 ANS0241E On dsmSendObj, dsmDeleteObj, or dsmUpdateFS the filespace is not registered.
08/17/2011 17:00:42 ANS0361I DIAG: Change block tracking not supported on virtual machine 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)'. Backing up entire disk.
08/17/2011 17:52:41 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50
08/17/2011 17:52:41 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50
08/17/2011 17:52:56 ANS0241E On dsmSendObj, dsmDeleteObj, or dsmUpdateFS the filespace is not registered.
08/17/2011 17:52:56 ANS0361I DIAG: Change block tracking not supported on virtual machine 'RIVDC (172.16.1.72)'. Backing up entire disk.
08/17/2011 18:33:13 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50
08/17/2011 18:33:14 sessSendVerb: Error sending Verb, rc: -50


I figured this was simply because the C: drives on the vms are Dynamic. BUT, when I try to do an incremental, I get


08/18/2011 19:00:31 Next operation scheduled:
08/18/2011 19:00:31 ------------------------------------------------------------
08/18/2011 19:00:31 Schedule Name: VM_INCR1
08/18/2011 19:00:31 Action: Backup VM
08/18/2011 19:00:31 Objects:
08/18/2011 19:00:31 Options: -asnode=tldsbvcentre-v -mode=incr
08/18/2011 19:00:31 Server Window Start: 19:00:00 on 08/18/2011
08/18/2011 19:00:31 ------------------------------------------------------------
08/18/2011 19:00:31
Executing scheduled command now.
08/18/2011 19:00:47 Accessing as node: TLDSBVCENTRE-V
08/18/2011 19:00:47 Full BACKUP VM of virtual machines specified in DOMAIN.VMFULL option.


08/18/2011 19:00:48
08/18/2011 19:00:48
08/18/2011 19:00:48 Backup VM command started. Total number of virtual machines to process: 8
08/18/2011 19:00:48
08/18/2011 19:00:48
08/18/2011 19:00:48 Backup of Virtual Machine 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)' started

08/18/2011 19:01:02
08/18/2011 19:01:02
08/18/2011 19:01:02 Starting Full VM backup of Virtual Machine 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)'
08/18/2011 19:01:02
08/18/2011 19:01:03 Incremental backup of Virtual Machine 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)'
08/18/2011 19:01:03 ______________ TDP VMware ____ANS1111W: Change Block Tracking not supported on virtual machine 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)'. Performing Full backup instead.
08/18/2011 19:01:03 Backing up Full VM configuration information for 'MONDC (172.16.1.65)'
08/18/2011 19:01:04 Processing snapshot disk [v7000_ESX_DS102] MONDC (172.16.1.65)/MONDC.vmdk (Hard Disk 1), Capacity: 26,843,545,600, Bytes to Send: 26,843,545,600 (san)[sending]
08/18/2011 19:01:04 7,472 VM Configuration [Sent]

It says change block tracking is not supported on the MACHINE, not just the disk.



What gives? What am I missing? I now disk must be basic MBR, but I never say anything about the guest vms.

The majority of vms are Win2008 R2, with perhaps a couple of 2003 thrown in for fun.

TSM server and b/a client is 6.2.3; TSM for VE is 6.2.0

 

[yuki]

Hi,

You havet to enable CBT in virtual machines:
kb.vmware.com/kb/1020128

 

[DanGiles]

The TSM VE client is supposed to do this.

 

[francs]

For a start your VM's need to run hardware version 7