Snapshot VM with Virtual SCSI Bus Sharing

[warnox]

Hi,

Should I be able to snapshot a VM with the SCSI controllers configured as in the attached? There are two disks attached in SCSI controller 1, both in virtual compatibility mode.

From what I've read this should be possible as neither controller is using physical mode.

If I change the SCSI controller sharing to 'none', snapshots work but then I can't bring the disks online in the OS because MSCS stops working.

Thanks for any help.

[vHaridas · Accepted solution]

VM snapshots are not supported with Shared scsi devices.

See - vSphere Documentation Center

VMware KB: Unable to use Snapshots or perform a backup on virtual machines configured with bus-shari...

[warnox]

Ok, that makes sense. And I guess MSCS doesn't work unless the iSCSI controller is shared?

[vHaridas]

That's correct.