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Acronis Virtual Appliance got duplicate virtual disk from other virtual machine within the same ESX4 Host

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Dear Support

I deployed acronis advanced server virtual edition ,and the virtual appliance.

it was working fine for few monthes, today we got the issue suddenly .

It come with error message "msg.disk.duplicateUUID:virtual disk '..'and '..'have the same UUID."

I hoping get the resolved ASAP, and this already affact our Production ESX backup.

Thanks , if need further infomation, please let me know!

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Hello Qing Chen!

Thank you for finding time to contact us and let us know about the issue. I understand the urgency and will do my best to assist you.

Unfortunately the information provided is not sufficient for localizing the issue, so this situation requires investigation. I would advise you to do the following: 

Gather the diagnostic data:

1. Vitrual Appliance logs
2. Exact sequence of steps you performed before encountered this issue
3. Acronis Info from the host machine

After that please kindly contact support directly with the information attached - this will speed up the process of finding a solution greatly.

Keep in mind that should there be any procrastination with the reply, you can always specify us the case number. We will do our best to speed up the process.

Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!

Thank you!

I started getting the same messages around the same time. Was there a resolution to this issue?

Hello Scott!

Welcome to our Forum, it's nice to have you with us!  I will be glad to help you with your questions.

This issue can be caused by different reasons, so anyway the situation will require investigation. Please follow the instructions I've mentioned here: it will bring you closer to the problem solution.

Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!

Thank you!