When attempting to backup or replicate a vm the job will fail with
Error Message: API Call failed with message: File < unspecified filename > is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore '< unspecified datastore >
When attempting to create a snapshot manually through the VSphere client resilts in the same error.
From VMware KB 1012384
This failure occurs when the snapshot file at its maximum size is unable to fit into a datastore. Starting with version 4.0, ESX and ESXi compare the maximum size of a snapshot redolog file with the maximum size of files on the datastore. The redolog file may not work correctly once it reaches the maximum size of the datastore. If the file could grow beyond the maximum size, ESX/ESXi cancels the Create Snapshot operation and displays this error instead.
To resolve this issue, either change the location of the virtual machine configuration files or change the workingDir
to a datastore with enough block size.
See VMware KB article 1012384
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