Error on Server 5.5 task scheduler

When defining the 1st task with the Task Scheduling Assistant I got this:

"Error occurred while getting the databases size."

This on a Windows Server 2003, with VM Ware.

I went on to define more within the scheduler itself, with no problem. Resulting backups seem healthy.

FMI tech didn't know what that error meant, but thought if the convert into fp7 format without problems, then they are fine.

Any one see this before? Could it just be a VM Ware oddity?

[replacement post, btw, I think the other was eaten by the server glitch.]