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guest agent availability

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Hi All,

i have allways an issue by backungup my vm systems but the backupt is ended seccessfull.
Validating guest agent availability for the VM
Unable to use guest agent: VM guest OS state is 'NotRunning'
I have this version 5.0.01.198 and im using "Virtual Appliance" mode with vss.

Can anybody help me?

cheers
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Re: guest agent availability

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Hi, is the VM in question running in reality, or not? What is the corresponding VM state as per vCenter?
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the vm is running in reality. The vm center state is ok no issues.
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Re: guest agent availability

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OK, this is strange because VMware API clearly returns us "Not Running" state. This is not a known issue. Please open a support case then for closer investigation. Thanks.
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Re: guest agent availability

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You need to re-install VMware Tools on this VM as they are providing the wrong status to vCenter.
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