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vmchr1s
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‎11-22-2011 08:59 AM

Interesting error on guest VM

On one of my guest Windows 2008 VMs, there is the following error at 15 minutes past the hour:

The device 'VMware Virtual disk SCSI Disk Device' (SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware&Prod_Virtual_disk\5&22be343f&0&000100) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.

This happens to coincide with the snapshot schedule.  What is this and do we need to be concerned?   I do have an open ticket with VMware support.

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chrisnet46
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‎11-28-2011 02:15 AM

Hi,

I have the same error with VDR. Any feedback from Vmware support ? Microsoft says here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958669 that this message can be ignored but this is for Hyper V.

Chris

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continuum
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‎11-28-2011 03:17 PM

please attach the vmware.log from the VM that shows this error
I would not ignore it


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chrisnet46
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‎11-29-2011 12:28 AM

The last message in the vmware.log for this VM is dated 29/06. Maybe I don't look at the right place or this event is not logged because it's a Microsoft event and not a VMWare event ?

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chrisnet46
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‎01-18-2012 03:02 AM

Hi!

I did a few more tests today. This error only occurs when I clone a Windows 2008 server. There is no error when creating a snapshot whether I choose to quiesce or not  the guest file system.
Can someone clone a Windows 2008 server and let me know the result.
Thanks.
Chris
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