The environment is as follows:
A 2 node physical MS Cluster was made a single node MS Cluster and then P2V was performed to a VMware VM. This was done because the belief that the DB2 and MQ Series based application was a MS Cluster and would need to continue as such.
So we now have a single node MS Cluster running under a single VM with VMDK disk under MS Cluster control.
Troubleshooting through the Windows Event Log:
A "Create virtual machine snapshot" was executed and completed successfully.
A VDP "snapshot" via proxy appliance was performed and "crashed". The log shows a "VDP "Backup / Restore VM" (I am told it was just a backup, no restore) was executed and immediately followed with a MS Cluster "Error 1038" - loss of physical disk resources.
Some 12 hours later a "Remove snapshot" was performed and exactly the time stamp that was done, the "Backup / Restore VM" showed Complete!
Questions:
1) Does VDP support a single node MS Cluster with vdsk? (I see no indication of that, but client felt it was)
2) If yes to 1), any specific settings needed for it to work?
3) Any insights or comments on what could have been the reason why the VDP backup resulted in an immediate Err 1038 as described above?
Thanks in advance!