Backup fails with "The partition size is incorrect, please shrink the volume." when adding a Linux VM to agentless protection (VMware) (4375438)

Backup fails with "The partition size is incorrect, please shrink the volume." when adding a Linux VM to agentless protection (VMware)

The backups of Linux VMWare VMs protected via Agentless, fail with the error: "The partition size is incorrect, please shrink the volume."

The error persists even after increasing the size of the virtual disk 1 or 2 GB as suggested in Knowledge Article 4033908.
 

The issue has been identified as defect RR-111487. The defect will be evaluated by our Product Team for inclusion in a future release of Rapid Recovery.
 
A list of "Resolved Issues" is published in the product Release Notes accompanying new releases that can be referenced to identify if a fix for this defect has been implemented. Product Release Notes are available in the "Release Notes and Guides” area of our Support Portal at quest.com/support.
 
For more information on our Product Enhancements and Defects policy, see details published in our Global Support Guide available on the Support Portal.

These instructions have to be applied to the Rapid Recovery Core Server.

For Rapid Recovery 6.6:

• Download the patch from here. 
• Stop the Core service.
• Install the MSI package.
• Start the Core service.

For Rapid Recovery 6.8:

• Download a Rapid Recovery Core DLL file from here,
• Replace the DLL from the following paths and restart the core service:
  • C:\Program Files\AppRecovery\Core\CoreService\Core.Implementation.dll
  • C:\Program Files\AppRecovery\Core\BootCdKi\RecoveryTools_x64\Rrc_x64\Core.Implementation.dll

RR-111487

Core.Implementation