VMware backup jobs fail with the error VM disk [XXXXXXX]xxx/xxxxxxxxx. vmdk' to media: “Job manager lost message channel unexpectedly.
The plug-in fails with the following error in the NetVault logs:
Backing up data of VM disk [XXXXXXX]xxx/xxxxxxxxx. vmdk' to media : “Job manager lost message channel unexpectedly.”
The trace logs include the following message:
Cannot open library: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file in vixDiskLib-16642.log.
To correct this issue, navigate to the /usr/lib directory, and create the following symbolic link:
ln -s /lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2 libexpat.so.0
