FM Server 10 on VMWare, backup freezes

[TJ53]

Hi,

This client has FM Server 10 running on VMWare. For some reason the backup schedule freezes, it shows as "running ..." and sticks there .... and the backup path shows as "not valid" even though it's the default backup path. Any ideas?

These are the specs:

VMWare virtualization

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2

Java...  java version "1.6.0_07"

Java SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06)

Java HotSpot Client VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode, sharing)

Processor...: Intel Xeon E5420 @2.50 GHz

RAM..: 1,00 GB

Hard drive..:   LUN (SAN unit)

space..: 30 GB

Used..: 11,2 GB

I know that according to the tech specs, the minimal is 80 GB hard drive, but I wonder if, appart from this, the LUN/SAN configuration and VMWare virtualization are recommended for FMServer 10 hosting ...

Any help would be really appreciated, thanks!

[Steven H. Blackwell]

1 GB RAM is [color:red]way below spec; 4 GB would be much better, certainly 2 GB minimum. Also the SAN isn't considered a Best Practice.

Steven

[TJ53]

Thanks lot Steven, I'll tell them to increase the RAM and see if that fixes the problem.

[Wim Decorte]

How's the connection to the SAN? I'm suspecting not too good since it FMS reports that the path to the backup folder is not valid. Depending on the SAN connection, I/O may be a serious bottleneck. If the SAN is very busy with other request then that would make it even worse.