Protocol Error From Vmx
NSXVirtual SAN vCenterFusionWorkstationvExpertVMware {code} CloudCredSubmit a Link Home > VMTN > VMware vSphereโข > VMware ESXi 4 > Discussions Please enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. 2 Replies Latest reply: Jun 17, 2012 7:28 PM by Lesta A general system error occurred: Protocol error from VMX Lesta May 3, 2012 7:19 PM Really just posting this for someone else who gets this weird errorThis is a good one!Running Symantec BE2010 R3 all hotfixes (according to live update)Vcenter 4.1.0 258902ESXi 4.1.0 502767VMs2003 SP2 32 bit2003 R2 SP2 64 BitVM Tools 8.3.12In the BE log get the "usual error""The job failed with the following error: Unable to create a snapshot of the virtual https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1037071 machine. The virtual machine may be too busy to quiesce to take the snapshot"In the VMWare log - "A general system error occurred: Protocol error from VMX."Yet the machines that gets the error in the log can snapshot with quiesce in VCenter fine.For some reason , when the backups run on these two machines (many more on the host ), their times move ahead 8 hours and the https://communities.vmware.com/thread/400746?tstart=0 backup failsIf I re-run they backup job immediately, the time is still 8 hours ahead so the backup works.If I retry after the time has been reset, the job will fail againThe time stays forward for the duration of the backup job.I am not sure if the time is reset at the end of the job or that a standard windows time sync resets it.The resolution was to check the Host. Its time was set 8 hours ahead.EVEN THO the VM Tools client was set NOT to update time from hostA snapshot in vCenter with Quisce, worked fine. It was only when thet backup was run that the error occurredStange but true catergory 1791Views Tags: none (add) vmxContent tagged with vmx, quiesceContent tagged with quiesce This content has been marked as final. Show 2 replies 1. Re: A general system error occurred: Protocol error from VMX Rubeck Jun 13, 2012 12:00 AM (in response to Lesta) Hi..I know this thread is a few days old, but here goes:You say you can snapshot with quiesce just fine using vCenter... You did uncheck the "Snapshot virtual machine's memory" when testing this right?I do believe that this option is excluded when your backup software hits t
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 http://discoposse.com/2010/09/05/vmware-tip-protocol-error-from-vmx/ clones that are scheduled through vCenter. Suddenly one of the clone tasks stopped working and 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 protocol error 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, 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 protocol error from 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 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 ๐ Reply AsimOctober 29, 2013 at 3:21 amAwesome, Thank u so much ๐ Its works for me also.i was unable to do cloning. ๐ 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..Muc