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| ===== Problem Description ===== | ===== Problem Description ===== | ||
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| When performing a guest VM restore on a VMware ESXi host, the following warning message is received, and the guest VM is not restored: | When performing a guest VM restore on a VMware ESXi host, the following warning message is received, and the guest VM is not restored: | ||
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| ===== Cause ===== | ===== Cause ===== | ||
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| This issue can occur if the guest virtual machine was originally backed up from a VMware ESXi host with a datastore of a different VMFS version. | This issue can occur if the guest virtual machine was originally backed up from a VMware ESXi host with a datastore of a different VMFS version. | ||
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| For example, the backup of the virtual machine was done on a VMWare ESXi host with a VMFS5 datastore in VDDK backup mode, but the user is not attempting to restore the virtual machine to another VMware ESXi host using a VMFS6 datastore, and vice versa. | For example, the backup of the virtual machine was done on a VMWare ESXi host with a VMFS5 datastore in VDDK backup mode, but the user is not attempting to restore the virtual machine to another VMware ESXi host using a VMFS6 datastore, and vice versa. | ||
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| - | <font color=red>Important</font>: This limitation does not apply to VMware vCenter backup sets. | + | This limitation does not apply to VMware vCenter backup sets. |
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| ===== Resolution ===== | ===== Resolution ===== | ||
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| Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this issue.  You can only restore to the corresponding guest virtual machine to a VMware ESXi host with datastore that is using the same VMFS version. | Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this issue.  You can only restore to the corresponding guest virtual machine to a VMware ESXi host with datastore that is using the same VMFS version. | ||
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| - | ===== Keywords ===== | + | |
| - | VMware ESXi, datastore, guest, VMFS, virtual disks, VDDK | + | |
public/edition/cloudbacko_pro/vmware_esxi_restore_delta_disk_format_of_virtual_disks_is_not_supported_by_datastore.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/16 16:53 by ronnie.chan
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