The problem occurs if 2 following conditions are met during backup:
In this case, disk information in SavePoint Manifest.metadata does not match one in VmConfig.metadata
1. Get current delta file name from VmConfig. In example below it is Paul-2K12-000001.vmdk
VmConfig.metadata excerpt
<a:DiskLayout xmlns:b="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<b:anyType i:type="a:FileLayout">
<a:Files>
<b:string>[iSCSI4] Paul-2K12/Paul-2K12.vmdk</b:string>
<b:string>[iSCSI4] Paul-2K12/Paul-2K12-000001.vmdk</b:string>
</a:Files>
<a:Key>2000</a:Key>
</b:anyType>
</a:DiskLayout>
2. Change SourceFile value in Manifest.metadata to match one in VmConfig
from
SourceFile="'vix:1:r:vc-vs-vsphere55.prod.quest.corp\:443:902:[iSCSI4] Paul-2K12/Paul-2K12-000003.vmdk'
to
SourceFile="'vix:1:r:vc-vs-vsphere55.prod.quest.corp\:443:902:[iSCSI4] Paul-2K12/Paul-2K12-000001.vmdk'
3. Create Restore from Manifest (RFM) job.
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