Following upgrade to Plug-in for VMware version 11.2, some backups fail with the below log messages:
[VM-name] Waiting to acquire lock on the virtual disk(s)
[VM-name] Failed to acquire lock on the virtual disk
[VM-name] Diagnosis Completed, backup failed
Trace on the vmware plug-in shows:
2 VMWCFG ??? 8912 75 0 151104192467 CONFIG: vMotionLock = 'TRUE'
2 VMWCFG ??? 8912 76 0 151104192470 CONFIG: vMotionLockContinue = 'FALSE'
2 VMWCFG ??? 8912 77 0 151104192474 CONFIG: vMotionLockRetries = '10'
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151104192502 VDDK: VixDiskLib: VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess: Prepare to access disk.
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151104192776 VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVim_AllowVMotion: Disable VMotion.
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151105217854 VDDK: FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Unknown error 183 (0xb7) (183)
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151107322977 VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: Error 20005 (listener error VmodlVimFaultMethodAlreadyDisabledFault).
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151107322994 VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: Disable vMotion methods failed with VmodlVimFaultMethodAlreadyDisabledFault at 1567.
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151107376484 VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVim_FreeNfcTicket: Free NFC ticket.
6 VDDK ??? 8912 19 0 151107376790 VDDK: VixDiskLib: VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess: Disable Storage VMotion failed. Error 20005 (The operation has been disabled by the guest operating system)