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VMware backups Error "Failed to acquire lock on the virtual disk" since upgrade to Plug-in for VMware 11.2 -
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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 failedTrace 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)
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