Challenge
Attempting to connect via RDP to a Veeam Proxy VM in VMware during a Virtual Appliance (hot-add) backup fails.
Cause
This occurs due to hung backup job utilizing that specific proxy, and that proxy is not configured to have automount disabled.
Solution
In an Administrator Command Prompt run the following commands:
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.3.9600
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer:VBR7
DISKPART> automount disable
Automatic mounting of new volumes disabled.
DISKPART> automount scrub
DiskPart successfully scrubbed the mount point settings in the system.
Automatic mounting of new volumes disabled.
More Information
Please note, if you are using a Domain Controller as a proxy which isn’t advised, you should not perform the above as it will cause problems with backing up the server with VSS: http://www.veeam.com/kb1697