Warning. Staging directory already exists

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Warning message

VMBackup: WARNING! - staging directory <XXXX> already exists! this could be indicative of a problem, proceeding by deleting current directory and recreating a new one.

Warning description

This message indicates that a previous backup did not complete successfully and the old snapshot is still in the staging directory.

Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance deletes the directory and snapshot, and continues with the current backup. This may cause the backup for this VM to take a bit longer to complete.