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| - | ===== ISSUE: Warning "Delta disk format of virtual disks is not supported by datastore." when restoring a virtual machine (VMware ESXi restore) ===== | + | ===== ISSUE: Delta disk format of virtual disks is not supported by datastore (VMware ESXi restore) ===== |
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| - | AhsayOBM : 7.5.0.0 or above | + | AhsayOBM: 8.1.0.0 or above |
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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 in the restore report 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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| - | <font color=black>This issue can occur if the virtual machine was originally backed up on a VMware ESXi host with a datastore on 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 <b>VMFS5 datastore</b> in VDDK backup mode but is restored to a VMware ESXi host using a <b>VMFS6 datastore</b> and vice versa.<font> | + | 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=black><b>Note:</b> This limitation does not apply to VMware vCenter backup sets.<font> | + | <font color=red>Important</font>: This limitation does not apply to VMware vCenter backup sets. |
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| ===== Resolution ===== | ===== Resolution ===== | ||
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| - | <font color=black>To resolve the issue, restore to the guest VM to a VMware ESXi host with a datastore using the same VMFS version.<font> | + | 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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public/8080_vmware_esxi_restore_delta_disk_format_of_virtual_disks_is_not_supported_by_datastore.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/14 02:10 by anna.olalia