https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Backup-Windows-2003-VMs-failed-on-VSC-4-2-1P1/m-p/104890#M8185 <P>I always see error <EM>VMware Task "CreateSnapshot_Task" for entity "xxx" failed with the following error: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine</EM> on Windows 2003 VM. My ESXi version&nbsp; is 5.5 U1, VMware Tools is up to date.</P><P>Any trick to fix it?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:19:56 GMT Wu 2025-06-05T04:19:56Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Backup-Windows-2003-VMs-failed-on-VSC-4-2-1P1/m-p/104890#M8185 <P>I always see error <EM>VMware Task "CreateSnapshot_Task" for entity "xxx" failed with the following error: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine</EM> on Windows 2003 VM. My ESXi version&nbsp; is 5.5 U1, VMware Tools is up to date.</P><P>Any trick to fix it?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:19:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Backup-Windows-2003-VMs-failed-on-VSC-4-2-1P1/m-p/104890#M8185 Wu 2025-06-05T04:19:56Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Backup-Windows-2003-VMs-failed-on-VSC-4-2-1P1/m-p/104895#M8186 Snapshot task on VMware faild, so it is better to check if you are able to create VM snapshot on vSphere Client. Tue, 12 May 2015 04:11:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Backup-Windows-2003-VMs-failed-on-VSC-4-2-1P1/m-p/104895#M8186 YIshikawa 2015-05-12T04:11:41Z