Hi,

Until recently I have had nothing but successful backups from our VM environment through BE2012, however on monday all but one of my virtual backup jobs failed with the same error;

Backup- Backupserver
Insufficient memory available.

V-79-57344-33858 - A memory allocation request failed. The computer may be running low on virtual memory.

I ran the job again during the day using SGmon to capture debug info and have the following output;

BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.678 [loops]

stream data[DEFAULT] halted: INTERNAL ERROR
BEREMOTE: [10/30/12 15:24:36] [2996]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.678 [ndmp\tpfmt]

FreeFormatEnv( cur_fmt=0 )
BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.678 [loops]

ndmphostbackupengine.cpp (2745)
BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.678 [loops]

Notified data stream 'DEFAULT' has halted.  Reason code : 0x00000003
BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.679 [loops]

data halted: INTERNAL ERROR
BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.679 [ndmp\ndmpcomm]

ERROR: 16 Error: Allocating memory
BENGINE:  [10/30/12 15:24:36] [8324]     2012-10-30T15:24:29.679 [server]

BackupJob::Failed was called for BSD 'VMVCB::\\VirtualCenter\VCGuestVm\(DC)KDC(DC)\vm\Prod Server\Vmserver'
BESERVER: [10/30/12 15:24:29] [5528]

01 Server Configuration: Client removed: 21

We are using BE 2012 SP1a with all updates applied, we are usign ESX 5.0 with all updates applied. Nothing has changed recently to cause this not to work except possibly windows updates on our servers.

Backup server;

Windows server 2008 R2

Dual core 2.4 Ghz processor

70Gb Ram

system managed virtual memory

Virtual center server;

Windows server 2008 R2

Dual core 2.4 Ghz processor

6Gb Ram

system managed virtual memory

latest BE agent

Virtual server being backud up by job;

Windows server 2008 R2

Dual core 3.2Ghz processor (virtual)

6Gb Ram (virtual)

system managed virtual memory

latest vmtools (no VSS writer)

latest BE agent

Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards

Adam