Problem
Backup VSphere VM fail with error 0xe000959b - An attempt to take a snapshot of a virtual machine failed because it was unable to quiesce a file system.
Error Message
Backup VSphere VM fail with error 0xe000959b - An attempt to take a snapshot of a virtual machine failed because it was unable to quiesce a file system.
backup exec remote agent isn't installed on the VM.
The vSphere client show the following error:
Cannot create a quizzed snapshot because the snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.
From the Vpshere Client to "take snapshot" the VM with "Quiesce guest file system" no problem.
Solution
Manual remove VMware VSS provider and Filesystem Sync Driver
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