SnapManager VI fails to create snapshots

Currently troubleshooting the backup of a brand new VMware 4.1.0 installation... 

VMware shows up with the following error:

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

After some research[1][2] i found a hint to follow these steps:

1. Backup the following regkey: _HKLM\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem _
2. Erase the regkey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem{26c409cc-ae86-11d1-b616-00805fc79216} an below
3. Reboot
4. Verify that things are working by running

Even if it might worke well you never should follow these steps!

Better: Uninstall the VMware Tools and Reinstall them using the custom installation option. Disable the VMware VSS provider component and retry the backup.


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[1] http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11987
[2] https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=2014932