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Hyper-V VM won't back up without being in a saved state

Created: 17 Jan 2013 | Updated: 17 Jan 2013 | 4 comments

wcaubrey

I have over 50 VMs in a cluster, and they all back up just fine. But this new VM I just built gives me the error that it has to be put in a saved state to back up. This is not a server that I can have going into a saved state every night. What could possibly be causing this on just one VM? I've tried rebooting, moving to another cluster server, same issue. No vssadmin writer errors anywhere, I'm stumped.

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Backup and Recovery, Backup Exec - 2010, Backup Exec, Backing Up, Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows

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CraigV Trusted Advisor Partner Accredited

Hyper-V VM won't back up without being in a saved state - Comment:17 Jan 2013 : Link

Hi,

Check the TN below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...

Thanks!

If you find this is a solution, please mark it as such.

wcaubrey

Hyper-V VM won't back up without being in a saved state - Comment:17 Jan 2013 : Link

I'm on SCVMM 2008 R2 already.

CraigV Trusted Advisor Partner Accredited

Hyper-V VM won't back up without being in a saved state - Comment:17 Jan 2013 : Link

...tried to recreate the backup of that VM? I will hit the support flag in the meantime for you!

If you find this is a solution, please mark it as such.

wcaubrey

Hyper-V VM won't back up without being in a saved state - Comment:17 Jan 2013 : Link

I just recreated the backup, and it still fails.