Hot Cloning or quiescing a virtual machine fails
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Hot Cloning or quiescing a virtual machine fails

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Article ID: 316425

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When you attempt to clone or take quiesced snapshots of a virtual machine running on an ESXi 5.0 host, you encounter the following error:

Failed to start quiescing operation in the virtual machine. The error message was: (no valid message provided)

If you clone a virtual machine, or take a quiesced snapshot of a virtual machine, you are performing an I/O intensive operation. The ESXi 5.0 host might not be provisioned well enough to handle your load if I/O loads are also in the operating system.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0

Resolution

Configure the storage subsystem or reduce the I/O loads in the operating system until your host can handle the load. Reducing I/O loads within the OS includes, but is not limited to: stopping 3rd party tasks and perform the task during off-hours when there is less utilization.