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The issue described here with
vmware.log throttling also affects a virtual machine's ability to take quiesced snapshots. If the log is throttled, taking a snapshot takes up to 10 minutes. Once the the throttling issue is resolved, the quiesced snapshot takes approximately 1 minute.
Symptoms:
- The last line in the vmware.log file of a virtual machine appears similar to:
Jan 19 21:55:35.872: vcpu-3| <<< Log Throttled >>>
- After this message, the virtual machine stops logging.