Reconfiguring and consolidation of proxy virtual machine fails after initiating a self backup using Hot Add mode in VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 5.5

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• You hot added an independent non-persistent disk in VMware vSphere 5.5.
• You cannot remove the disk after taking a snapshot.

Environment

Virtual Disk Development Kit 5.5
VMware Virtual Disk Development 1.2

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting VMware vSphere 5.5. This is not a defect due to VDDK 5.5.

Currently, there is no resolution.

To avoid this issue during a backup or restore process, do not initiate self-backup of the proxy virtual machine using HotAdd or NBD.

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Impact/Risks:
This behavior has been reported by customers performing self backup of Proxy VM using HotAdd and NBD mode.