<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Booting Homeassistant (HAOS) Image breaks VM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello!</p>
<p dir="auto">I have a very weird problem/bug!</p>
<p dir="auto">A while ago I imported the Homeassistant VMDK via XOA and stuffed it into an (Generic Linux UEFI) VM.<br />
It booted and runs flawlessly. Everything works - except backup via Commvault!<br />
Commvault fails reporting the VM could not be found. Support found the following inside the logfiles:</p>
<pre><code>4116  1984  05/01 21:00:29 58533 VSDisc::ProcessContent_VM() - virtual machine is not found using Name. Searching using both Name [HomeAssistant] and GUID [c3e276ed-1922-08a5-7f95-8b2d630e84ff]
4116  1984  05/01 21:00:29 58533 CXenSDKWrapper::GetVMInfoForVM() - Error:Getting VM information failed.Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format.
4116  1984  05/01 21:00:29 58533 VSDisc::ProcessContent_VM() - virtual machine: [c3e276ed-1922-08a5-7f95-8b2d630e84ff] discovery failed
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<p dir="auto">I assume "Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format." would be "The (input) string has the wrong format" in english.</p>
<p dir="auto">What I can: Discover the pool and select the VM to be taken into a backup job. So it somehow can see it, but it can't when running the actual job.<br />
Here's where things go really weird:<br />
I've spend quite some time, trying to narrow it down to a root cause. I've tried different VM templatesm, changed names and removed characters etc.<br />
Then I've interchanged the VDI with another VMs. Surprise:<br />
When I've interchanged HAOS VDI with a Debian Linux VMs OS VDI, the VM that cannot be backed up follows HAOS.<br />
Means: Now The VM named "Homeassistant" is found and backed up, but the VM called Debian-Test is not.<br />
So it turns out: Whenever a VM has booted HAOS, it can't be found during backup-discovery anymore. If it booted a "standard" Debian, the same VM is found again - until I change back to HAOS VDI.<br />
The support was clueless and we decided that I should try it over here: It looks like HAOS has to change something at the VM "skeleton" / metadata, that it can't be found otherwise.</p>
<p dir="auto">But how do I debug that further? How to find the difference and what exactly happens when it boots/runs?</p>
<p dir="auto">Greetings</p>
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<li>Christof</li>
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