M1cro Posted July 19, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2020 Hi Fellows, First - thanks for all your dedication with keeping this project so successful. topic sais basically all. I am unable to take a snapshot of my xpenology. DSM Version is: DSM 6.2.3-25426 Loader is: 1.03 Juns Loader VMWare 6.7U3 VMWare Tools: open-vm-tools 10.20.0.1 Anyone got this running? I can remember i was able to take snapshots in an older installation von xpenology in the past. Thanks for any hint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted July 19, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 19, 2020 The system needs to be shut down for a snapshot. Installing VM-Tools does not matter. There is nothing unique about it, the normal ESXi rules apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switch Posted July 23, 2020 Share #3 Posted July 23, 2020 I can snapshot mine just fine. Not the memory, just the disks. No idea why it won't work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balrog Posted July 24, 2020 Share #4 Posted July 24, 2020 You can't create a snapshot of a a powered on virtual machine if you have a passthrough controller attached to this virtual machine. Then you must first shutdown the vm and then you are able to create a snapshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1cro Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted July 26, 2020 Thanks for all your replys. I tried it powered off without sucess. Could you share you VM settings and which version of open vmware tools you are using? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1cro Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted August 9, 2020 Sorry for digging up this thread but the problem still remains. Even powered off it is still not possible to snapshot which leaves me without a valid backup from a VM point of view. Can I provide you with any information to debug further? Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemic Posted October 26, 2022 Share #7 Posted October 26, 2022 Hello i am having a similar issue on ESXI 7 and DSM 7.1.1 / DS362xs VM which brings up the following message: Create Snapshot Key: haTask-10-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-1705 Description: Create a new snapshot of this virtual machine Virtual machine: DS State: Failed - A specified parameter was not correct: spec.deviceChange.device Errors An error occurred while saving the snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. An error occurred while saving snapshot file "/vmfs/volumes/6356849b-20c8e8df-43fb-1c8341301fbf/DS@Work/DS@Work-Snapshot4.vmsn". An error occurred while taking a snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. i can find nothing on the internet for this.. any help appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiteWulf Posted October 26, 2022 Share #8 Posted October 26, 2022 I suspect the problem may be that you've used the "@" symbol in the name of your guest ("DS@Work"), and ESXi doesn't appear to be delimiting it when it applies the commands to take the snapshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemic Posted October 26, 2022 Share #9 Posted October 26, 2022 10 hours ago, WiteWulf said: I suspect the problem may be that you've used the "@" symbol in the name of your guest ("DS@Work"), and ESXi doesn't appear to be delimiting it when it applies the commands to take the snapshot. Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case.. i created a new VM with the exact same settings and used DSTEST as the name. Still get the same error... I used the latesr ARPL image and other than that the rest seem to be standard items for ESXI (all disks are SATA)... Is therea any other idea on how i could start to trace the issue? Create Snapshot Key: haTask-11-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-2117 Description: Create a new snapshot of this virtual machine Virtual machine: DSTEST State: Failed - A specified parameter was not correct: spec.deviceChange.device Errors An error occurred while saving the snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. An error occurred while saving snapshot file "/vmfs/volumes/635684b8-fc88458f-35c4-1c8341301fbf/DSTEST/DSTEST-Snapshot1.vmsn". An error occurred while taking a snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemic Posted October 27, 2022 Share #10 Posted October 27, 2022 9 hours ago, Gemic said: Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case.. i created a new VM with the exact same settings and used DSTEST as the name. Still get the same error... I used the latesr ARPL image and other than that the rest seem to be standard items for ESXI (all disks are SATA)... Is therea any other idea on how i could start to trace the issue? Create Snapshot Key: haTask-11-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-2117 Description: Create a new snapshot of this virtual machine Virtual machine: DSTEST State: Failed - A specified parameter was not correct: spec.deviceChange.device Errors An error occurred while saving the snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. An error occurred while saving snapshot file "/vmfs/volumes/635684b8-fc88458f-35c4-1c8341301fbf/DSTEST/DSTEST-Snapshot1.vmsn". An error occurred while taking a snapshot: One of the parameters supplied is invalid. as an update.. i tried to copy the vmdk file to a folder outside of the vm folder (i guess it automatically copies the .vmdk and flat-vmdk (?)) and it managed to get a screenshot... its strange as no other VM does this but i will experiment a bit on this... and see if it works... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemic Posted October 27, 2022 Share #11 Posted October 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Gemic said: as an update.. i tried to copy the vmdk file to a folder outside of the vm folder (i guess it automatically copies the .vmdk and flat-vmdk (?)) and it managed to get a screenshot... its strange as no other VM does this but i will experiment a bit on this... and see if it works... Ok so final update on what is working... the trick is to upload the vmdk files to a folder.. then use the datastore browser to copy them in the VM folder and use the copies when configuring the VM. i guess it is some kind of permission issue that is bypassed when creating the new files (copies)... its strange very few people had this issues though.. anyway... cheers everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiteWulf Posted October 27, 2022 Share #12 Posted October 27, 2022 Glad you sorted it in the end, ESXi can be quote tricksy under the hood when things don't go as you expect them to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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