Article ID: 81426
Article Type: Troubleshooting
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VMware backups complete with a Warning as "Unable to quiesce guest file system during snapshot creation"
If a backup of a VMware VM fails to quiesce the guest file system, the backup completes with a warning.
The error or warning message appears as follows: vm_name Warning: Unable to quiesce guest file system during snapshot creation
In this situation, the backup runs as a crash-consistent backup.
This warning or error can occur for the following reasons:
To get more information about the warning or error, review the events associated with the backup of the VM in vCenter.
To resolve this issue, perform the following steps: