Hi:
I am testing VDP in my environment and I have found problems when I try backup linked clones VM's.
In my environment I have:
VM1: parent of linked clones
VM2: child deployed like a linked clone of VM1
If I login into ESXi I can view:
In VM1 folder there are base files plus delta files por VM1
In VM2 folder there are delta files por VM2
When I run a VDP job to backup the parent VM (VM1) this job ends succesfully. If I execute a backup job to backup the child VM (VM2) the backup ends succesfully, but when I execute a backup job that include parent VM and child VM fails and left inconsistent state:
In VM1 folder there are base files plus delta files por VM1
In VM2 folder vmdk files are missing. I have checked that VM2 is up using the vmdk base files (the files in VM1 folder, no delta files but vmdk files)
My question is if VDP supported with linked clones and if anybody is using VDP to backup linked clones
Thanks in advance