Hidden snapshots creation ?

Question

Hi, my eq is PS6210E model 70-0425. An hyper-v cluster (4 hosts) connects through iSCSI.On SAN, I configured 4 snaphots and to overwrite if needed. However, I can see a lot more snapshots for each volume that empty volume space .. and I can see that are requested from the hyper-v hosts through VSS HW provider. So, I opened Auto Snapshot Manager on each host but there is NO schedule. I also took a look under task scheduler .. but no jobs are configured. Where can I look to find this 'ghost' snapshot scheduling ? Thanks.

joker197cinque · Answer

Hi Donald, you are right, it seems that Veeam is creating these snapshots. However I don't know why. Thanks I'll dig into it.

joker197cinque · Answer

Thanks Donald your help is much much appreciated.

I tried your suggestion and it works very well.

I can add that Veeam settings permit to choose another VSS provider and I selected the Microsoft one, working around the problem that to me was caused from the inability of Veeam to delete the snapshot after the creation.

Best regards.

EqualLogic

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