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Cannot create production only checkpoint on linux based VMs running on HyperV

Jeff Mock 1 Reputation point
2021-09-20T13:21:06.093+00:00

We have 3 linux VMs running on a HyperV server. We can't seem to back them up with Veeam. To further troubleshoot, I tried to take a production checkpoint of all of them within HyperV and they all fail with the following error:

An error occurred while attempting to checkpoint the selected virtual machines

Checkpoint operation failed

Production checkpoints cannot be created

If I change it to standard checkpoint, the checkpoint works fine. However, I think Veeam needs it to be a production checkpoint. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All of the other VMs are backing up just fine and create production only checkpoints. However, they are all windows VMs.

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  1. Eric Siron 1,596 Reputation points MVP
    2021-12-15T19:38:54.003+00:00

    Production checkpoints require interaction with VSS inside the guest operation system. Linux doesn't have VSS. Check with your backup software's vendor to see if they have a way to support Linux guests on Hyper-V.

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  2. Federico Coppola 6 Reputation points
    2021-12-06T19:52:28.49+00:00

    Hi all,
    I have the same trouble!

    Any suggestions?

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