Protocol Error From Vmx Snapshot
backup job failing Availability for the Always-On Enterprise Post a reply 6 posts • Page 1 of 1 VM backup job failing by Stig » Thu May 27, 2010 11:11 pm people like this post Hi all,I am pretty new to Veeam so im hoping you gurus here will have some patience for my questions Ok so all backups in Veeam are running fine and all created in the same way.Only one box which our devs are using seems to pop up an error every night and does not perform a backup.Here is the VM https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1037071 summary:0 of 0 files processed Total VM size: 136.49 GBProcessed size: 0.00 KBProcessing rate: 0 KB/sBackup mode: SAN/NBD without changed block trackingStart time: 27/05/2010 7:32:26 PMEnd time: 27/05/2010 7:32:34 PMDuration: 0:00:08Creating snapshotCreateSnapshot failed, vmRef "vm-166", timeout "1800000", snName "VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT", snDescription "Please do not delete this snapshot. It is being used by Veeam Backup.", memory "False", quiesce "True"A general system error occurred: Protocol https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/vm-backup-job-failing-t3994.html error from VMX.Looking at the snapshot manager in vCenter i dont see any snapshots there.Really hoping someone will be able to assist here as im quite baffled by this. Stig Novice Posts: 3 Liked: never Joined: Thu May 27, 2010 10:57 pm Full Name: Michael Sztyk Private message Top Re: VM backup job failing by Vitaliy S. » Fri May 28, 2010 7:59 am people like this post Hello Michael,Could you please tell us if you're able to do the snapshot of this VM manually using vSphere Client?Also I will move this topic to Veeam Backup and Replication section, as this is FastSCP forum, so please continue posting there. Thank you! Vitaliy S. Product Manager Posts: 18009 Liked: 954 times Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:13 am Full Name: Vitaliy Safarov Private messageWebsite Top Re: VM backup job failing by Stig » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:24 am people like this post Thanks for your reply Vitaliy.I have done a manual snapshot using vSphere and that worked like a charm, very quick.Deleted the snapshot after that.As a side not, with all prior failures i did check in snapshot manager(in v
me and DiscoPosseEventsMedia and PrintOther GoodiesMusic and MediaFitness and FoodPodcast × 05 Sep 2010Cloud, Virtualization and ArchitectureVMware tip - Protocol error from VMX By DiscoPosse / 7 Comments Small tip, big victory. I have weekly snapshots and clones that are scheduled through vCenter. Suddenly one of the clone tasks stopped working and http://discoposse.com/2010/09/05/vmware-tip-protocol-error-from-vmx/ threw this error:A General System error occurred: Protocol error from VMX.Hmmm…that's odd. It's run fine up to now right? Luckily the fix couldn't be too much simpler than this.SOLUTION: Restart the VMware Tools service in the guest machine and restart the tasket voila!Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Related Tags: error, esx, protocol error tip, vmware, vsphere DiscoPossePeople, Process, and Technology. Powered by Community! You might also like AWS Route53 Step-by-Step - Redirecting Domains GUI VMworld 2016 - Quick Takes on the Event and Announcements Part 2 of 2 TechForward.io - Crash Course in Mesosphere DC/OS VMworld Presentation7 Comments khuiwongDecember 13, 2012 at 1:19 pmThanks so much! This works for me. I have this error while using VEEAM to backup a vm. Reply Waleed QassemMay protocol error from 6, 2013 at 5:54 amI had a similar problem, and I have searched the internet for a solution, but couldn't find a proper solution, it kept failing, until I came a cross this tip, tested it and it worked like a charm. Thanks alot, this was really helpfull Reply EricMay 6, 2013 at 8:48 amThat's great to hear! I'm glad that it helped out 🙂 Reply AsimOctober 29, 2013 at 3:21 amAwesome, Thank u so much 🙂 Its works for me also.i was unable to do cloning. 🙂 Reply EricOctober 29, 2013 at 4:50 amThat's great to hear! Reply RichardMay 14, 2015 at 5:07 pmExcelente… me tomo semanas encontrar una solucion hasta que llegue aca… me funciona de maravillas..Muchas Gracias. Reply ShababJuly 14, 2015 at 10:05 amYou really saved my day.. thanks a lot for your tip. it worked like miracle for me.. Excellent.. ReplyLEAVE A COMMENT Cancel replySign me up for the newsletter! Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Proudly Sponsored By GC On-DemandSubscribe to the BlogEnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Upcoming events:Tue04Oct2016Wisconsin VMUGThu06Oct2016Atlanta VMUGWed12Oct2016Turbofest BostonBoston, MATue22Nov2016OpenStack Day MontrealMontreal, PQTue29Nov2016Fri02Dec2016AWS RE:InventLas Vegas, NVshow events pageDiscoPosse on GitHubdiscoposse (Eric Wright)