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NetWorker vProxy 备份失败,并显示“Unable to create non-quiesced snapshot after a retry attempt:检测到无效的快照配置”

Summary: NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) 集成已通过 vProxy 设备进行配置。某些虚拟机的虚拟机 (VM) 备份失败,并显示无效的快照配置错误消息。 虚拟机的 vSphere Web 客户端快照视图不显示虚拟机的任何可用快照。

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Symptoms

备份会话日志显示:
...
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO:   [167] Creating snapshot of virtual machine ...
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR:  [167] Unable to create non-quiesced snapshot after a retry attempt: Detected an invalid snapshot configuration.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ERROR:  [167] Unable to create snapshot.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO:   [167] Enabling storage migration of virtual machine ...
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS INFO:   [167] Storage migration successfully enabled: "vm-4030" @ "my_vm_name.my_domain.com" 
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS WARN:   [167] Virtual machine left locked by backup session because cleanup is required.  Snapshot was not removed.
...

VMNAME_vmware###.log 显示:
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YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotBranchDisk: Failed to branch disk: '/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME.vmdk' -> '/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME-000004.vmdk' : The file already exists (39)
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: DiskLib_IsVMFSSparseSupported: vmfssparse is not supported on /vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME: f532.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE   : DiskLibCreateCreateParam: Selecting the default child type as SeSparse for /vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME-000005.vmdk.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE   : DiskLibCreateCreateParam: seSparse grain size is set to 8 for '/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME-000005.vmdk'
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotBranchDisk failed for '/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME.vmdk' : A required file was not found (7).
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE_UUID/VM_NAME/VM_NAME-flat.vmdk" : closed.
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS| vcpu-0| I125: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotBranch failed: A required file was not found (7).
...

Cause

当虚拟机数据存储目录中存在孤立的临时快照描述符文件时,可能会出现此问题。这些快照描述符文件显示为 ####.-000001.vmdk、####.-0000001-sesparse.vmdk 和 ####.-000001-ctk.vmdk 。

Resolution

删除孤立的临时快照描述符文件的步骤记录在 VMware 知识库 80246 中。

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80246 此超链接会将您带往 Dell Technologies 之外的网站。  
  1. 浏览受影响的虚拟机数据存储区以识别临时描述符文件。名称可能显示为: 
    • ###-000001.vmdk
    • ###-000001-sesparse.vmdk
    • ####-000001-ctk.vmdk 
  2. 识别具有足够空间的文件夹以移动临时描述符文件并创建新文件夹
    • vmfs/volumes/VM_####_DATASTORE5/FOLDERNAME/
  3. 将临时描述符文件移动到新创建的文件夹
  4. 拍摄已成功创建的虚拟机和 validate 快照的快照。
  5. 使用“Delete All Snapshots”选项删除所有快照。
  6. 验证已删除的快照。
  7. 验证虚拟机数据存储区文件夹中没有描述符文件。
  8. 让计划的 vProxy 备份运行 。

Additional Information

Affected Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000196313
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2023
Version:  2
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