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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)
Article ID:
8080
Reviewed:
22/04/2020
Product Version:
AhsayOBM : 7.5.0.0 or above
OS: Windows
Problem Description
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:
| No. | Type | Timestamp | Log |
| * | info | ... | ... |
| * | warn | YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss | "Delta disk format of virtual disks is not supported by datastore." |
| * | ... | ... | ... |
Cause
This issue can occur if virtual machine was originally backed up on a VMware ESXi host with a datastore on a different VMFS version, for example the backup of the virtual machine was done on a VMWare ESXi host with a VMFS5 datastore in VDDK backup mode but it is subsequently restored to a VMware ESXi host using a VMFS6 datastore and vice versa.
Note: This limitation does not apply to VMware vCenter backup sets.
Resolution
To resolve the issue, restore to the guest VM to a VMware ESXi host with a datastore using the same VMFS version.
Keywords
VMware ESXi, datastore, guest, VMFS, virtual disks, VDDK
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