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VM replication fails after 48 hours

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We're running Veeam 6 at a customer site and replicating VMware VMs across a wireless link with minimal bandwidth. After upgrading from Veeam 5 to 6 we decided to create a new replication job, knowing the the initial replication would take about 7 days or so. The trouble we're having however is two particular VMs take more than 48 hours and are failing after exactly 48 hours. Is there a registry value to change this limit? I understand backup jobs have a per-VM limit that can be changed through the following registry value (with vSphere):
HKLM\SOFTWARE\VeeaM\Veeam Backup and Replication\VwVmReadyToBackupTimeout

Is there another registry value that affects per-VM replication? I have a case open on this but wanted to check/share with the forums in case anyone else is running into the same issue. Thanks.
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Re: VM replication fails after 48 hours

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Hi Luke - no, this key above is for the different timeout. I am not sure if the timeout you are talking about is configurable through the registry, because I've heard there is a custom agent build without this timeout already available. Support should be able to provide you with the one. Thanks!
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Re: VM replication fails after 48 hours

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Unfortunately still no resolution to this issue... Tried installing 6.0.0 patch 2 and the 48 Hour Pilot Fix... and still no luck. I'm told I may have to wait for the next patch to be released.
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Re: VM replication fails after 48 hours

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Installed Patch 3 a couple days ago... Thanks to Jeff B. in tech support for sending me a notification immediately of the patch. Should have results on this issue in the next couple days... Replication in process now.
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Re: VM replication fails after 48 hours

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This issue is now fully resolved with Patch 3. Successfully replicated a single VM over the course of 58 hours.

Thank you Veeam developers and tech support! Keep up the good work.
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