Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.

I received the following message while trying to use vcbmounter to backup a VM:

Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.

It’s a vSphere 5.1 infrastructure but happens to be on a ESX 4.1 host. This has worked […]