Fusion - Error occurred while taking snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine

Problem: The user has received the following the alert:

An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.

Cause: VMware was unable to quiesce (temporarily disable the file system) during replication because of a VMware Tools-related issue.

Solution: Whenever this error occurs, the Axcient Virtual Manager (AVM) automatically switches to obtaining VMware crash-consistent snapshots for that iteration.

The next replication job will default to obtaining the VMware application-consistent snapshots.

The user can also take the following steps:

1. Re-install VMware Tools on the target device. 
2. Reboot the device.

The user can also refer to the Failed to quiesce snapshot of the Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine article for more information.