Cannot connect to Virtual Proxy during VMware backup

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 a 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:

1. diskpart

2. automount disable

3. automount scrub

Example:

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