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Veeam | kb1051
Create VSS processing exclusion for vCenter Database
Last update date:
12/15/2023
Affected products:
Veeam Backup & Replication
Affected releases:
8.0
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Challenge
When operating a Windows-based vCenter, if the VM running Microsoft SQL that is hosting that vCenter's database (VCDB) is processed by a backup job with Application-Aware Processing enabled, the VSS freeze operation that occurs during Application-Aware Processing will freeze the vCenter database. This database freeze will cause Application-Aware Processing to fail as the vCenter's frozen database cannot process the ESXi host's snapshot creation response.
Solution
By default Veeam Backup & Replication will attempt to identify and automatically exclude the VCDB (default name of the vCenter Database) from the VSS freeze operation, however the database detection automatic exclusion may not work correctly when the VCDB is hosted on a separate machine from the vCenter VM. To resolve this enabled the Database Exclusion menu option and configure a database exclusion. How to Exclude SQL Databases from Application-Aware Processing
