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#1 General matters » Reg Exp and Date functions work in DC? » 2021-04-09 20:13:48

marcoi
Replies: 4

Just started my testing of DC in esxi 7.x host.

Do the follow options still work in DC like the older xsiback tool?

1. backup-vms="REGEXP(^PROD)" to select VMs back on reg expression.
2. backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/FN_VM_Backup_3TB/xsibackup/Full/$(date +%U)  to rotate my backup using folders with date functions

Thanks

Update seems like i can still use $(date +%U) with testing.

#2 General matters » Log File -Using differnet name, can Gui display it? » 2018-09-21 14:47:43

marcoi
Replies: 1

I edited the log name for my jobs. IE instead of xsibackup.log I used xsibackup_001.log. When i try to watch the logs using gui it doesnt show any results. I figured this is due to having a different log name and the xsibackup.log not having content written to it. Would it be possible for the Gui to compare if the log path is standard or changed then display the change log file if it detects one being used?

Not a big deal, if it bugs me, i just revert back to using the standard log file.
This is for Xsi pro v11.0.3

#3 Re: © XSITools » Space usage with xsitools » 2018-02-01 14:51:35

marcoi

As an alternative, you can use the weekly qualifier in the storage path then remove the weeks you no longer need to keep as backups.
so you would have
WEEKLY
-->01
----->data
----->01012018
--------->vmBackup1
----->01022018
--------->vmBackup1

-->02
----->data
----->01102018
--------->vmBackup1
----->01112018
--------->vmBackup1

ETC.

#4 Re: General matters » REGEXP for VM selection doesnt appear to work. » 2017-10-13 12:33:19

marcoi

thanks for update. looking forward to new version.

#5 General matters » REGEXP for VM selection doesnt appear to work. » 2017-10-12 20:56:56

marcoi
Replies: 2

I'm trying to use --backup-vms="REGEXP(^DEV)" to backup my vms starting with DEV code.

when i try the following command it works:
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | tail -n +2 | awk
-F '[' '{print $1}' | awk -F ' ' '{for (i=2; i<NF; i++) printf $i " "; print $NF}' | grep -e '^DEV'
DEV_pfSense
DEV_D100
DEV_FreeNas

when i try it in a cmd
/vmfs/volumes/SSD/xsibackup/xsi
backup  --backup-prog=xsitools:z --backup-point="/vmfs/volumes/xsibackup/Weekly/$(date +%U)"  --
backup-type=custom --backup-vms="REGEXP(^DEV)"  --smart-info=yes --mail-to=i@gmail.com --use-smtp=1 --test-mode
=true

I get the following message
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error NOVM2BAK: no VMs to backup
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Errors detected in backup, check logs

Im running version XSIBACKUP-PRO 10.0.3.

what am i missing?

#6 Re: © XSITools » Restore process from XSITool repo? » 2017-05-08 14:24:32

marcoi

Thanks Daniel, I'll give it a try.

Update - worked great!

#7 © XSITools » Restore process from XSITool repo? » 2017-05-06 20:30:48

marcoi
Replies: 2

I maybe blind smile but i didnt see anywhere in the man or blog how to extract a backup from the XSITool repo? Is there a particular command that I need to do?

thanks and sorry if I missed the documentation.

#8 © XSITools » Space usage with xsitools » 2017-04-24 15:48:57

marcoi
Replies: 34

I been testing xsitools and like what I see so far. I did have a question on how to maintain space of the local VMFS that the repo is stored on since, each backup is a time stamp. Eventually I would like to remove some of the older content time stamps or keep a limited set, say a weeks worth of backups. Are there options to do this? What happens if I have xsitools keep going until the VMFS runs out of space, will the tool know to stop or clean up the repo? I like to know what is automated and what I need to worry about.

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