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multiple vmware snapshots creation and deletion at the beginning of the backup

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Hi, I went my first 12.5 backup yesterday and notice that there were multiple vmware snapshots creation and deletion (one after another, i.e. created a snapshot then delete it, then create again, repeated few times). I would like to understand why and if possible, how can I avoid this? with the old version that I was using (v9), it will always create/delete snapshot once only. Thanks

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Hello Aldous,

thank you for your posting! What happens if you create a manual snapshot of the virtual machine in question as follows:

1. Open the vSphere connection to the ESX host 
2. Right click on the machine > take snapshot > check the "Quiesce guest file system" 
3. Uncheck the "Snapshot the virtual machine's memory" and click OK 
4. Run the snapshot

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Do you observe the same behavior?

En réponse à par truwrikodrorow…

I was able to create quiesce snaphot without issue. Anyway, it seems to be creating single snapshot only after the first backup. During the first backup of a VM, it seems to be creating snapshot several time due to CBT information not there yet (that's what I saw in the log). I think that's OK. Thanks