To resolve this issue, re-enable CBT and perform a full backup.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * This class is to demonstrate querying tasks from VM task history. */ public class TaskQuery { /** * find task of specific type in VM task history */ public List<TaskInfo> query(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, Date sinceDate, String taskType) throws Exception { ServiceContent mSC = …; VimPortType vimPort = …; ManagedObjectReference taskManagerRef = mSC.getTaskManager(); //prepare task filter. specify the vmRef as target TaskFilterSpecByEntity entityFilter = new TaskFilterSpecByEntity(); entityFilter.setEntity(vmRef); entityFilter.setRecursion(TaskFilterSpecRecursionOption.SELF); //specify startTime TaskFilterSpecByTime startTimeFilter = new TaskFilterSpecByTime(); Calendar startTime = Calendar.getInstance(); startTime.setTime(sinceDate); startTimeFilter.setBeginTime(startTime); startTimeFilter.setTimeType(TaskFilterSpecTimeOption.STARTED_TIME); TaskFilterSpec taskFilter = new TaskFilterSpec(); taskFilter.setEntity(entityFilter); taskFilter.setTime(startTimeFilter); //do query ManagedObjectReference taskCollectorRef = vimPort.createCollectorForTasks(taskManagerRef, taskFilter); List<TaskInfo> taskList = new LinkedList<TaskInfo>(); List<TaskInfo> pageInfo = vimPort.readNextTasks(taskCollectorRef, 100); while (pageInfo != null && pageInfo.size() != 0) { taskList.addAll(pageInfo); pageInfo = vimPort.readNextTasks(taskCollectorRef, 100); } List<TaskInfo> retList = new ArrayList<>(); for (TaskInfo task : taskList) { if (task.getName().equals(taskType)) { retList.add(task); } } return retList; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { TaskQuery taskQuery = new TaskQuery(context); Date oneWeekAgo = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - 7 * 24 * 3600 * 1000); ManagedObjectReference vmRef = …; List<TaskInfo> taskList = taskQuery.query(vmRef, oneWeekAgo, "RevertToSnapshot_Task"); if (taskList.size() > 0) { System.out.println("RevertSnapshot tasks have been triggered on the vm."); } } } --------------------------------------------------------------------