Disabling Quiescing for VMware Backups

Purpose

By default, the Clumio platform attempts VM backups via quiesced application based snapshots. If quiescing fails, then the Clumio platform will failover to non-quiesced application snapshots for backup.

This document describes the recommended procedure for manually disabling quiesced application based snapshots for a VM.

Resolution

Disable application quiescing for a VM using VMware Tools:

1. Open the C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\Tools.conf file using a text editor.
2. Create the file if it does not exist in the above said location
3. Add these entries to the file:

   [vmbackup]
   vss.disableAppQuiescing = true
   

4. Save and close the file.
5. Restart the VMware Tools service.
   1. Click Start> Run, type services.msc, and click OK.
   2. Right-click the VMware Tools Service and click Restart.

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