Backup fails with error: Initialization of Backup Job Task failed for VM: <vm name>. Reason: There is insufficient system memory in resource pool 'internal' to run this query."
We have seen this caused by a known issue in in MS sql, depending on the version you are running.
Affected versions include:
If running ione of these versions earlier than update 4 please install Microsoft Patch referenced in following links:
General information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982854/en-us
Link to updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2345451 <--------this is for update 4
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981356 <----------------- all cumulative updates
