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'''VM is connect to CD-ROM/ISO''' | '''VM is connect to CD-ROM/ISO''' | ||
* VMs CD-ROM is connecting to an ISO file via the host ESX, tying it to that ESX | * VMs CD-ROM is connecting to an ISO file via the host ESX, tying it to that ESX | ||
=== Can't Snapshot === | |||
'''Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine''' | |||
* Prevents hot-cloning or snapshot based backup of a machine, because of either of... | |||
** VMware Tools aren't properly installed | |||
** The machine has high transactional IO (eg Exchange, SQL, AD) and cannot pause disk access in order to create snapshot | |||
* See the following... | |||
** [http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003383 VMware KB1003383 - 64bit Windows virtual machines generate errors when trying to use the VSS and NT backup] | |||
** [http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007696 VMware KB1007696 - Troubleshooting Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) quiesce related issues] | |||
** [http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1009073 VMware KB1009073 - Unable to take a quiesced VMware snapshot of a virtual machine] | |||