Create virtual machine snapshot
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Cannot create a
quiesced
snapshot
because the
create snapshot
operation
exceeded the
time limit for
holding off I/O
in the frozen
virtual machine.
This issue occurs because the I/O in the virtual machine is high and the quiescing operation is unable to flush all the data to disk, while further I/O is created.
This issue may also occur if you try creating a quiesced snapshot on a virtual machine which does not have free space. That is, if the free space on the virtual machine is 0 bytes.
Check this KB Article
VMware KB: Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off …
thanks fro quick reply, OS level C drive is only there and it is having 15% free space
What's the ESXi version/build, and which guest operating system do you use?
André
Windows 2003 standard edition, Esxi 4.1.0, 988178
Has backup worked before on this VM? Maybe (not sure) re-installing VMware Tools can help (see e.g. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007696)
Hi,
It looks like VSS issue. Have you tried custom installation of VMware Tools and uncheck VSS . Also in the Event Viewer of the vm what is the event no you are seeing as reported when snapshot fails. Could you paste that here.
This issue can occur because of less space, also check if you have some hidden snapshot files on the datastore ?
and even check the Vmid and try consolidating it using CLI.