Failed to open connection on port 49152 (4047142)

During course of backup it errors out with following syntax error "Failed to open connection on port 49152"

Putty into the esx host where the vm currently lives and cd to the vm's folder.

• Are the an excessive amount of vmware.log files
• Are there an excessive amount of files with .vzsnp extension

You should be able to remove the log files, except for the most current one (see time stamp) that is being used by the vm.

The .vzsnp files may be left overs from a backup that failed midstream and where the esxRangerprocli.exe's were terminated before they could complete. In a normal backup we will remove the copy files we create (.vzsnp) at the end of the backup cycle. If this is interrupted prematurely the command to delete these files is not sent.

To clean up the files with .vzsnp extension

Putty into the esx host where the vm currently lives and cd to the vm's folder.

• type ls -lah to see all files (expanding putty window can help see the entire output)
• FROM PUTTY ONLY (or other console ssh client) type rm -fr *.vzsnp

This removes the copy files we created