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Cannot create production only checkpoint on linux based VMs running on HyperV

We have 3 linux VMs running on a HyperV server. We can't seem to back them up with Veeam. To further troubleshoot, I tried to take a production checkpoint of all of them within HyperV and they all fail with the following error:

An error occurred while attempting to checkpoint the selected virtual machines

Checkpoint operation failed

Production checkpoints cannot be created

If I change it to standard checkpoint, the checkpoint works fine. However, I think Veeam needs it to be a production checkpoint. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All of the other VMs are backing up just fine and create production only checkpoints. However, they are all windows VMs.

windows-server-hyper-v
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FedericoCoppola-2205 answered

Hi all,
I have the same trouble!

Any suggestions?

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ejsiron answered

Production checkpoints require interaction with VSS inside the guest operation system. Linux doesn't have VSS. Check with your backup software's vendor to see if they have a way to support Linux guests on Hyper-V.

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