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Title
The backup runs fine but no data is being written into the archives -
Description
The backup runs fine but no data is being written into the archives
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Cause
Discover that customer VM name had a very long filename in the archive folder.
VM name was in long format.
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Resolution
After renaming the VM to short name format, it backed up fine.
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Additional Information
Let's start with renaming a VM that is not high importance, just get rid of the FDQN and just keep the VM and test backup, if still does the 0 KB VAR file, then you have to rename the VM at the command line...
This link should help you..
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1029513
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002491