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guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported

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Hello Community,

We just finsied setting up a prospect on a trail of Veeam BR V5. Out of 6 VMs on a single host 1 is failing with the following error "Freezing guest operating system Failed to perform Veeam VSS freeze: guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported". The guest OS is Windows 2003 R2 Storage Server. Can anyone point us in the right direction to resolve this issue.
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Re: guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported

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Hello Jorge,

Try creating the following registry key on your Veeam Backup server. This key enables Veeam VSS support for "other" guests. Thank you!

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VssOtherGuest
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Re: guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported

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Hi Vitaliy,

where should this key be created within the registry?
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Re: guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported

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You should create this registry key under the following subkey:

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\VeeaM\Veeam Backup and Replication\
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Re: guest OS 'otherGuest' is not supported

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Thanks Vitaliy, this worked like a charm.
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