VMware Restore fails when using rename
NetVault 10.0.5.27
VMware plugin 10.0.5.6
Restore of VM without rename worked as expected.
Restore of VM using the rename option, too the same data store this fails with VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: Snapshot load failed. VixError: 4 at 1274.
Extract from NetVault trace:
VDDK :26732 141 0 123621 Remote connect done
VDDK :26732 19 0 123623 VDDK: VixDiskLibVim: Snapshot load failed. VixError: 4 at 1274.
VDDK :26732 36 0 123623 Failed to open vmdk
VDDK :26732 138 0 123623 VDDK error encountered: code 4
VDDK :26732 139 0 123623 Retrieving error message text
VDDK :26732 52 0 123623 VDDK error message is 'A file was not found'
VMWRESTR:26732 437 0 123623 Disk data restore failed for '[CR-DS04] nvtest10rename2/nvtest10rename2.vmdk'
Bug 28961
The VM being restored had 1 or more snapshots(excluding the BKB_SNAP we use) at the time of the backup. This appears to cause an issue with rename relocate.
Bug-28961 (rename problem) is fixed and available in VMware plugin 10.0.5.7 on download web page.
https://support.quest.com/netvault-backup/download-new-releases