vmbackup snapshots using the quiesce option.
The guest must have guest agent installed, otherwise, the snapshotting will fail.
Possible solutions:
1/ Try with quiesce, catch error, then retry without it.
2/ Let quiesce be a parameter taken from the config file. The parameter line could be:
vm_names = machine1:quiesce,other_option machine2 machine3
Machines without options would be written without trailing colon for retro-compatibility and simplicity.
Solution 2 allows other options to be passed as well.
Applying both 1 and 2 allows the user to decide which machine uses quiesce and falls back on "no quiesce" when quiesce was indicated but the guest agent isn't working.
vmbackupsnapshots using thequiesceoption.The guest must have guest agent installed, otherwise, the snapshotting will fail.
Possible solutions:
1/ Try with quiesce, catch error, then retry without it.
2/ Let
quiescebe a parameter taken from the config file. The parameter line could be:Machines without options would be written without trailing colon for retro-compatibility and simplicity.
Solution 2 allows other options to be passed as well.
Applying both 1 and 2 allows the user to decide which machine uses
quiesceand falls back on "no quiesce" whenquiescewas indicated but the guest agent isn't working.