Physical to virtual backup jobs fail if the vstor driver is not installed.

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Description

Error Message

The job failed with the following error:
“Failed to mount the disks of the virtual machine”

 

Cause

A local installation of the Agent for Windows fails to install the vstor driver.
 

 

Resolution

  1. To determine if the driver is installed correctly, at a command prompt, type the following:

    sc query vstor2-mntapi10-shared

    If the driver is installed and running, the command returns the following information:



     
  2. If the driver is not installed, do the following to install the driver:
    1. On the remote computer, go to the Backup Exec installation directory:
    2. \VMware\VixDiskLib\bin\
    3. Typically, this directory is \Progam Files\Symantec\Backup Exec
  3. Right-click the vstor2-mntapi10-shared.inf file.
     
  4. Select Install.

     
 

 

Issue/Introduction

Physical to virtual backup jobs fail with “Failed to mount the disks of the virtual machine”