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VMware snapshot provider - "The guest OS has reported an error during quiescing" fixed but puzzled.

Hello,

I have been getting the error: "The guest OS has reported an error during quiescing" when taking quiesced snapshots in vCenter(TM) don't forget the trademark!

After quite a bit of research I came across a doc from Quest that recommended disabling the VMware snapshot provider. Upon disabling, not only does the error appear to be resolved but snapshots are like lightning. I have 2 servers, one ~3TB and one ~12TB and they now both snap much much faster than before.

Am I safe to just leave the VMware snapshot provider disabled? Is there something I should be looking into? Is this post going to be my 3rd in the VMware community area that will go unanswered?

This is a fairly new Dell EMC equipment (3 hosts and SAN)

Many thanks to anyone who offers their time in responding.

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