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Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
I have two Oracle linux virtual machines running OL 7.9, that I am attempting to get backups of with the linux veeam agent but when the job runs I am get the following error. This is with the agent version 6.1.2.1781. Kernel is 4.14.35-2047.528.2.4.el7uek.x86_64
Error: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
Failed to detect bootloader on [/dev/sda].
I have a case opened, they are currently looking at the logs. (07303096)
Anyone seen anything like this before?
I am not seeing this on my RHEL VMs running 7.9 or 8.9
Thanks!
Error: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
Failed to detect bootloader on [/dev/sda].
I have a case opened, they are currently looking at the logs. (07303096)
Anyone seen anything like this before?
I am not seeing this on my RHEL VMs running 7.9 or 8.9
Thanks!
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Re: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
And the /boot partition is sized at 509MB, 118M used, 392M available
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Re: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
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Re: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
Disk /dev/sda: 117.4 GB, 117359981568 bytes, 229218714 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3E8DFE6D-FFB7-4D7A-9461-EAE7278842B4
# Start End Size Type Name
1 64 1048639 512M EFI System primary
2 1048640 1572927 256M BIOS boot primary
3 1572928 229218680 108.6G Linux LVM primary
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3E8DFE6D-FFB7-4D7A-9461-EAE7278842B4
# Start End Size Type Name
1 64 1048639 512M EFI System primary
2 1048640 1572927 256M BIOS boot primary
3 1572928 229218680 108.6G Linux LVM primary
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Re: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
Hi,
Try to set following value in the /etc/veeam/veeam.ini file:
From (default):
To (here we set 260M, as your 2nd partition's size is 256M):
After change, restart Veeam Agent service
Try to set following value in the /etc/veeam/veeam.ini file:
From (default):
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# Extra amount of RAM equal to GPT BIOS boot partition size is consumed during backup. This key sets the upper limit (MiB):
# biosBootPartitionLimit = 32
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# Extra amount of RAM equal to GPT BIOS boot partition size is consumed during backup. This key sets the upper limit (MiB):
biosBootPartitionLimit = 260
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Re: Failed to execute agent management command getMachineSize. BIOS boot partition size exceeds limit.
Thank you Rovshan, that got me past the error and I was able to successfully backup the VM.
Never had to do that for any of the linux servers I've backed up so I was very confused.
Thank you again for your assistance![Smile :)](https://forums.veeam.com/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Never had to do that for any of the linux servers I've backed up so I was very confused.
Thank you again for your assistance
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