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VSS Quiescing Support with vSphere Replication (2041909)
Details
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) quiescing is supported for virtual machines running Windows Server 2003, XP, or later versions of Windows. vSphere Replication does not support quiescing for Linux and for earlier versions of Windows such as Windows 2000. The quiescing option is unavailable for unsupported operating systems.
Solution
When you enable quiescing, vSphere Replication first attempts application level quiescing. If application level quiescing fails, vSphere Replication attempts file-system level quiescing.
Operating System
Application Quiescing
File System Quiescing
vSphere Replication 1.0.x
vSphere Replication 5.1
vSphere Replication 1.0.x
vSphere Replication 5.1
Windows Server 2003
YES
YES
YES
YES
Windows Server 2008
NO
YES
YES
YES
Windows Server 2012
NO
YES
NO
YES
Windows Vista
NO
NO
YES
YES
Wiindows 7
NO
NO
YES
YES
Windows 8
NO
NO
NO
YES
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