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Why do guest virtual machines freeze during backup session snapshot removal process?

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Applies to

  • VMware vCenter
  • NetApp HCI
  • NetApp Element software

Answer

VMware addresses this with the following article snapshot removal stops a virtual machine for long time

Additional Information

  • Upgrading to the latest compute node firmware bundle may aid in mitigating VM freezing during snapshot removal after backup
  • This issue does not generate any alerts on the NetApp cluster side

 

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