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SCV Does Not Clean Up VMware Snapshots After Backup

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SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)

Issue

  • VMware snapshots created by SCV during backup operations are not being deleted as expected after backup completion. 
  • A VMware snapshot (named SCV__XXXX) remains on the VM with a timestamp matching when the last SCV backup ran.
  • The SCV job details reports that retention ran successfully and the vmcontrol.log shows successful snapshot deletion.
vmcontrol.log

DEBUG SCV_APP_NAME --- [-24053-thread-3] c.n.a.v.VsphereSnapshotService:[JobId:519855] Removed snapshot: SCV__501926fa-3deb-29c2-1263-d61472da62d2 successfully.

DEBUG SCV_APP_NAME --- [-24053-thread-3] c.n.a.b.UnquiesceManager: VMware snapshot deleted successfully.

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