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public:announcement:ahsay_upgrade_advisory_29475 [2021/02/03 18:43] yuk.cheng [Ahsay Upgrade Advisory (#29475) - Critical Issue with AhsayOBM v7 & v8 VMware Workstation and VMware ESXi backup] |
public:announcement:ahsay_upgrade_advisory_29475 [2021/02/19 16:55] (current) edward.chan correct typo |
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| We have recently confirmed a critical issue related to VMware virtual machine backups on **all VMware Workstation and some VMware ESXi backup sets**. | We have recently confirmed a critical issue related to VMware virtual machine backups on **all VMware Workstation and some VMware ESXi backup sets**. | ||
| - | This issue only affects guest VMs created using the option **Split virtual disk into multiple files**, which causes the VMware host to create multiple 2GB VMDK files when the guest VM grows. | + | This issue only affects guest VMs created using the option **Split virtual disk into multiple files**, which causes the VMware host to create multiple VMDK files up to 2GB each as the guest VM grows. //Example setting for VMware Workstation 12.0// |
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| ===== What are the affected AhsayOBM versions? ===== | ===== What are the affected AhsayOBM versions? ===== | ||
| * AhsayOBM v7.3.0.0 to v7.17.129 | * AhsayOBM v7.3.0.0 to v7.17.129 | ||
| - | * AhsayOBM v8.1.0.24 to 8.3.6.125 | + | * AhsayOBM v8.1.0.24 to v8.3.6.125 |
| ===== What are the potentially affected VMware versions? ===== | ===== What are the potentially affected VMware versions? ===== | ||
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| ===== How do I identify the affected guest VMs? ===== | ===== How do I identify the affected guest VMs? ===== | ||
| - | * To verify if the guest VM in your clients backup set is affected by this issue. Please check the guests VMs for the presence of multiple VMDK files, with file size up to 2GB on the VMware host, as highlighted in the following example | + | * To verify if the guest VM in your clients backup set is affected by this issue. Please check the guest VMs for the presence of multiple VMDK files, with file size up to 2GB on the VMware host, as highlighted in the following example |
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