We have seen something similar recently. Is "snqfpapp01" a Windows VM?
Check the version of VMware tools installed on that VM and
reinstall/upgrade if necessary. That fixed the issue for us.
Hope that helps
-Sto Rage
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Ken Williams <
kwillia@...> wrote:
> Anyone seeing these types of issues?
>
> I have a FAS3070 cluster serving VMFS datastore over fiber channel to a 6
> server cluster of ESX 3.5 latest SP. I seem to get a couple VMs (randomly)
> that are unable to perform the VMWare snapshot and cause the snapshot to
> fail. The problem seems to be hit or miss.
>
> Here's an excerpt from the log:
> 2009-05-19 19:18:47,556 INFO - FLOW-11012: Operation requested retry
> 2009-05-19 19:18:57,681 INFO - FLOW-11006: Starting operation in threadpool
> backup
> 2009-05-19 19:18:57,697 INFO - FLOW-11012: Operation requested retry
> 2009-05-19 19:19:07,822 INFO - FLOW-11006: Starting operation in threadpool
> backup
> 2009-05-19 19:19:07,837 WARN - VMware Task "CreateSnapshot_Task" for entity
> "snqfpapp01" failed with the following error: Operation timed out.
> 2009-05-19 19:19:07,837 ERROR - VM "snqfpapp01" will not be backed up since
> vmware snapshot create operation failed.
>
> I have a case open with Netapp but I'd like to see if the community has seen
> this.
> So has anyone else seen this problem? Any suggestions?
> __________________________________________________________
> Ken Williams
> Storage Administrator, Business Technology Operations
> Sacramento Municipal Utility District
> E-Mail:
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