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A temporary snapshot of the VM is taken and then removed during every backup or replication job session. To remove the snapshot, Veeam Backup & ...

17.09.2019 · Veeam has a built-in process called “Snapshot hunter”. The Snapshot Hunter is started as a separate process scheduled within every job session. If there are some orphan/phantom snapshots discovered, the Veeam Backup Service schedules the snapshot consolidation, which means that the VMware Snapshot Consolidate method is executed.

As per this discussion a couple of months ago on Reddit, we find that Veeam B&R doesn't always remove its snapshots

2- is that your means if appear consolidate warning on one of my VM then i create a backup from that VM this backup in last step (remove ...

Jan 30, 2018 · Please, pretty please, let us temporarily disable Snapshot Hunter. I've been using Veeam for years and the introduction of SH for the most part has been brilliant. Unfortunately, it's far more hassle than it is worth when you get an issue.

14.01.2016 · Rickatron (Veeam) wrote: Are you using Veeam v8? Snapshot hunter is built-in and automatically fixes this situation. But yes, you can delete this tree of snapshots. Yes, latest Veeam 8 and patched - running against ESXI 6.0. Where/how do I access this Snapshot Hunter? Sounds helpful...

Veeam Backup & Replication itself does not create/remove snapshots. ... The Veeam Snapshot Hunter may take further steps to resolve ...

Please, pretty please, let us temporarily disable Snapshot Hunter. I've been using Veeam for years and the introduction of SH for the most ...

25.01.2016 · Cause. Snapshot Hunter misidentifies the user snapshot of a VM created from a linked clone template as an orphaned snapshot and attempts to consolidate it. Beginning in 8.0.0.917 (v8 Patch 1), Snapshot Hunter will not attempt to process orphaned snapshots on VMs created by vCloud Director.

You can create and delete storage snapshots in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. The create/delete snapshot operations do not differ from ...

09.07.2013 · If Veeam Backup & Replication finds that VMware has failed to remove a snapshot as requested, Veeam Backup & Replication may send additional snapshot removal API requests. The Veeam Snapshot Hunter may take further steps to resolve "phantom" or "orphaned" snapshots. Example of snapshot creation VimApi call in Task log. Info ...

Feb 21, 2021 · You can temporary disable Veeam Agent backup jobs configured in Veeam Backup & Replication. When you disable a job, Veeam Backup & Replication does not start the job by the specified schedule. You can start a disabled job manually at any time you need.

Repeated snapshot consolidation requests on VM by Snapshot Hunter. KB ID: 2091. Product: Veeam Backup & Replication | ...

Apr 27, 2021 · The Snapshot Hunter is a Veeam technology used to detect and remove orphaned snapshots that may remain after backup or replication job sessions. The Snapshot Hunter addresses the problem of “phantom” snapshots. Under some circumstances, VMware vSphere can report a successful removal of a snapshot but the snapshot actually remains on the ...

Jan 25, 2016 · Cause. Snapshot Hunter misidentifies the user snapshot of a VM created from a linked clone template as an orphaned snapshot and attempts to consolidate it. Beginning in 8.0.0.917 (v8 Patch 1), Snapshot Hunter will not attempt to process orphaned snapshots on VMs created by vCloud Director.

I've just rebooted the Veeam B&R host, is there anything else needed to totally disable Snapshot Hunter? Top. foggy: Veeam Software ...

I have just checked your case, and our support engineer stated that snapshot hunter will not try to remove this snapshot, however the next job ...

The Snapshot Hunter is a Veeam technology used to detect and remove orphaned snapshots that may remain after backup or replication job sessions.

15.12.2014 · C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Endpoint\<job_name>\Job.Backup.log. Within the Job.Backup.Log file, search for: "The following volumes should be added to the snapshot set." After that line is a list of volumes that were added to the snapshot. Keep the log file open so you can easily copy/paste each of the volume IDs during the testing phase of this article.

Jul 09, 2013 · The Veeam Snapshot Hunter may take further steps to resolve "phantom" or "orphaned" snapshots. Example of snapshot creation VimApi call in Task log. Info [VimApi] Create snapshot, ref "vm-545020", name "VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT", description "Please do not delete this snapshot.

02.01.2018 · Snapshot hunter will try to remove leftover snapshot. However consolidation issues/errors may still occur and this means you have another problem ongoing which needs to be resolved via VMware. Snapshot hunter won't resolve the consolidation issue.

27.04.2021 · The Snapshot Hunter is a Veeam technology used to detect and remove orphaned snapshots that may remain after backup or replication job sessions. The Snapshot Hunter addresses the problem of “phantom” snapshots. Under some circumstances, VMware vSphere can report a successful removal of a snapshot but the snapshot actually remains on the ...

23.02.2015 · Hello. Since upgrading to vCenter 5.5 we are experiencing an issue with Veeam backups where upon removal of the snapshot sometimes the disk consolidation fails for randomised set of VMs on a specific host. Currently this is localised to one host and affects virtual machines running on both local storage as well as an iSCSI SAN.

07.01.2015 · Snapshot Hunter to the rescue! For this reason, Veeam introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication v8 a new feature, specifically designed to identify stuck snapshots left over after backup and replication activities, and automatically remove them. There’s no better name for this than Snapshot Hunter. How does it work?

Is Veeam Snapshot Hunter something we need to turn on to get it to catch the open hyper-v checkpoints? Edit: Updated naming to checkpoints. Issue remains the same - we have to use the Remove-VMSnapshot powershell command to remove the checkpoints. 13 comments. share. save. hide. report. 91% Upvoted. This thread is archived.