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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>How to protect fault tolerant VMware virtual machines</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="purpose">Purpose</h3> <p>How to protect fault tolerant VMware virtual machines.</p> <h3 data-id="description-cause">Description/Cause</h3> <p>VMware cannot create snapshots of fault tolerant virtual machines. Fault tolerant VMs cannot create snapshots, so agentless backups are not supported.</p> <h3 data-id="resolution">Resolution</h3> <p>Because of this VMware limitation, you must use the Unitrends agent to protect fault tolerant VMs.</p> <p>To protect fault tolerant VMware VMs, you must perform these steps:</p> <ul><li>Install the Unitrends agent (see the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://kaseya.vanillacommunities.com/kb/articles/aliases/unitrends/UnitrendsBackup/s/downloads">latest agent releases</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitrends.com%2Fdocuments%2Frs-ueb-admin-guide%2FDefault.htm%23cshid%3D1236">Unitrends Administrators Guide</a> for more information.)</li> <li>Create a backup job for agent-based assets (see the <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitrends.com%2Fdocuments%2Frs-ueb-admin-guide%2FDefault.htm%23cshid%3D1000">Creating backup jobs</a> for more information.)</li> </ul><h3 data-id="third-party-sources">Third-Party Sources</h3> <p>See the following VMware article for considerations around working with fault tolerant VMs:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.vmware.com%2Fen%2FVMware-vSphere%2F5.5%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc%2FGUID-05EA00B4-8142-4388-9439-F949C30ACA03.html">Fault Tolerance Interoperability</a></p> <p> </p> </article> </main>