In our VMware environment we are using something called Tomato Disaster Solution (TDS). This uses the enterprise converter to run backup clone jobs. Lately we have experienced increasing errors and sporadic errors and timeouts when the backups are running. Will try this forum to see if anyone can make something out of the logfile.
03.05.2011 22:00:49: INFO: Backup start: VM: Agrwebsrv target-ESX: (vmsrvserver.fqdn.com)
03.05.2011 22:03:01: INFO: Agrwebsrv: vCenter User Sessions: 4
03.05.2011 22:04:02: INFO: Detected finished export thread for VM : Agrwebsrv
03.05.2011 22:04:05: INFO: Mem usage: 98,2 MB (max), 80,3 MB (current), 2 export threads running
03.05.2011 22:04:05: INFO: Backup start: VM: Dcsrvnor target-ESX: (vmsrvserver.fqdn.com)
03.05.2011 22:05:18: ERROR: Failed to fetch properties from https://server.fqdn.com/sdk (vm-3184, config).
03.05.2011 22:05:18: INFO: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: The object has already been deleted or has not been completely created
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at VimApi.VimService.RetrieveProperties(ManagedObjectReference _this, PropertyFilterSpec[] specSet)
at Tomato.TDS.TdsComponent.GetProperties(VirtualMachine v, ManagedObjectReference moRef, String[] properties, VimService manInstance)
03.05.2011 22:05:23: ERROR: Failed to fetch properties from https://server.fqdn.com/sdk (vm-3193, config).