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#1 Re: General matters » VMWare ESXi: hardware Segmentation fault » 2021-01-19 12:37:23

alexm

I'm only running this on my home network. wink

Here's what I did so far:

  • Cleared /tmp and /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/tmp

  • Used fresh folders and my original folder

  • Tried automatic and manual GUI backups and a combination of both

  • Tried both 10M and 20M block size

It has passed all the tests using 1.4.3.0!

So either something screwed up originally not clearing /tmp? Or something is happening at that time that is causing it. The only thing I've found is a cPanel host on a different network is backing up at a similar time (you don't get the exact time, but I'm confident there is an overlap). Is there anything that would cause a segmentation fault on a slow speed disk? It's a QNAP NAS, connected by NFS to ESXi.

There's loads of space on the target volume!

Alex

#2 Re: General matters » VMWare ESXi: hardware Segmentation fault » 2021-01-18 14:49:47

alexm

Ok, what I tried is --block-size="10M" but using a fresh folder and run automatically only... and it worked!

So I set up --rotate="2" and a cron that backed up every hour for 3 hours and it backed up and pruned the backup fine. big_smile

I'll try 20M again, but this time I'll try doing it in a fresh folder and run automatically only...

#3 Re: General matters » VMWare ESXi: hardware Segmentation fault » 2021-01-18 09:33:43

alexm

Right, I upgraded to version 1.4.3.0 and ran it manually from the GUI just to check and it ran fine. Then last night was the first time it ran automatically and it gave a segmentation fault:

Its running ESXi 7.0 Update 1

xsibackup.log

Performing a hot backup as per the --backup-how argument.
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|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.4.3.0: Backup & Replication Software                    |||
|||   (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved    |||
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                   (c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
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System Information: ESXi, Kernel 7 Major 0 Minor 1 Patch 0
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License: 000906EA0000000000000000b47af1386b3c | (c)XSIBackup-DC
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PID: 1548855, Running job as: root
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LZJB compression has been enabled
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Block size is 20.00 MB (20971520 bytes)
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Performing --backup action
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(c)XSIBackup-DC setting repository at /vmfs/volumes/QNAP_Backup/VMware
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Item number 1 in this job
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Virtual Machine Name: DC
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(c)ESXi 7.0 or higher detected, all snapshots were removed for VM DC(1)
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Creating snapshot VM : DC (powered on)
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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Virtual Machine: DC
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Backup start date: 2021-01-18T02:00:13
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2021-01-18 02:00:13 | Backing up 25 files, total size is 64.42 GB
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    NUMBER                                                         FILE             SIZE          PROGRESS
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    1/25                                       vmx-dc-1679671574-1.vswp         86.00 MB    | Done   0.00%
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    2/25                                                  vmware-25.log        203.51 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    3/25                                                     vmware.log        231.41 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    4/25                                                  vmware-30.log        244.23 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    5/25                                                  vmware-29.log        149.74 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    6/25                                                  vmware-28.log        212.69 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    7/25                                                  vmware-27.log        285.46 KB    | Done   0.13%
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    8/25                                                        dc.vmsd        486.00 B     | Done   0.13%
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    9/25                                                        dc.vmxf          3.61 KB    | Done   0.13%
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   10/25                                                       dc.nvram        328.50 KB    | Done   0.13%
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   11/25                                                   dc-flat.vmdk         60.00 GB    | Done   0.13%
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   12/25                                                        dc.vmdk        545.00 B     | Done  93.26%
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   13/25                                                         dc.vmx          3.25 KB    | Done  93.26%
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   14/25                                                  vmware-26.log        218.45 KB    | Done  93.26%
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   15/25         vmx-dc-b95a0828c2a4a7a2dfb1d84155ec7718b0d2846e-1.vswp                    [open excluded]
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   16/25                                                     dc.vmx.lck                 [skipped excluded]
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   17/25                                                        dc.vmx~          3.24 KB    | Done  93.26%
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   18/25                                               dc-39890d22.vswp                    [open excluded]
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   19/25                                                    dc.vmsd.tmp         45.00 B     | Done  93.26%
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   20/25                                                     dc.vmx.tmp          3.24 KB    | Done  93.26%
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   21/25                                                     dc-aux.xml        123.00 B     | Done  93.26%
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   22/25                                            dc-Snapshot149.vmsn        351.55 KB    | Done  93.26%
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   23/25                                        dc-000001-sesparse.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   24/25                                                 dc-000001.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   25/25                                        dc-vss_manifests149.zip        314.00 B     | Done  93.27%Segmentation fault

error.log was empty.

Backup job was:

/scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup \
--backup \
"VMs(DC,XenforoDev,DNS1,WHM,DNS2)" \
"/vmfs/volumes/QNAP_Backup/VMware" \
--backup-how="hot" \
--rotate="28d" \
--mail-to="xxxxx@xxxxxx" \
--use-smtp="001" \
--description="Weekly VMware backup" \
--quiesce \
--block-size="20M" \
>> /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/var/log/xsibackup.log 2>&1

So I went into the GUI and ran it manually again and it worked fine!?

Alex

#4 Re: General matters » VMWare ESXi: hardware Segmentation fault » 2021-01-11 19:23:30

alexm

you should upgrade to 1.4.3.0 that will fix it, if the problem was due to lack of resources

Thank you. I'll let you know how I get on.

Alex

#5 Re: General matters » VMWare ESXi: hardware Segmentation fault » 2021-01-11 13:50:02

alexm

I am getting a segmentation fault too. I'm running version 1.4.2.7. It was always 2 or 3 weeks since working fine and then segmentation fault.


xsibackup.log using --block-size=1M

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--rotate option was detected, retrieving backups to prune...
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ROTATION: set to 28 days
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No backups to prune per day offset
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Removed <tmp> dir OK
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Unlocked backup OK
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Segmentation fault


Then when I increased the block size to --block-size=20M it worked (from the GUI) and then it failed the first auto backup due to this:

error.log

2021-01-11T02:15:07 | Error code 131 at file signal.c, line 131 | Error description: some error was trapped SIGTERM (11) (11) while executing the job, error: No space left on device

xsibackup.log

Item number 2 in this job
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2021-01-11T02:15:07 | Error code 131 at file signal.c, line 131 | Error description: some error was trapped SIGTERM (11) (11) while executing the job, error: No space left on device
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SIGTERM (11) condition was trapped: check logs for more details

Which is weird because I have loads of spare space! So I tried running it manually again (I didn't touch anything else) using the GUI and it worked fine! The backup job is 5 VMs, 400GB.

Alex

#6 Re: General matters » Problem with --install-cron (ver 11.1.3) » 2018-10-26 07:38:33

alexm

Sorted. I should try reading first!

#7 General matters » Problem with --install-cron (ver 11.1.3) » 2018-10-25 20:17:44

alexm
Replies: 2

Hi,

When I try the --install-cron option I don't get the installing cron question, I get:



XSIBackup PID:            90046                                        vmware.xxxxxx.net
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:05:13 +0000                               IPv4: 192.168.100.2/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-9298722                              (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Backup Id:              unknown                      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1265L V2 @ 2.50GHz
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Alert: crontab is not installed for user root
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sh: rsync: unknown operand
Backup user is: root
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The --backup-point string is a mandatory value
You have to set the variable --backup-type to some of the values described in the help
E-mail Warnings
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The e-mail report will not be sent because of the followig reasons:
The --mail-from string has not been set
The --smtp-srv string has not been set
The --smtp-port string has not been set
etc.

When I try the old version (10.3.4) it works fine.

Alex

#8 Re: General matters » Working great, then today I got: Failed to clone disk: Not a directory » 2018-04-22 11:02:59

alexm

Hi,

Where abouts can I send the file? I only see a text box on your main site.

Alex

UPDATE FROM ADMIN 2018-04-23 09:00:

We sent you an e-mail to your registered e-mail address, but the message bounced with a domain not found error.
Please, write to us through our webform: https://33hops.com/contact-form.html
It does not matter if it does not allow you to upload files, we'll reach you back from a regular e-mail address.

UPDATE FROM ADMIN 2018-04-23 09:46:

There is a small inconsistency in your log, which is: your VM name is WHM (in capital letters), while the directory where the files are stored seems to be lower case /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/whm/whm_0.vmdk. XSIBackup can handle this without issues, as it will look for the name of the disks in the .vmx file, but I would consider checking the VM structure, as it seems to have been renamed manually. That file is the key to know the cause of your issue, so please, send it to us to delve into your issue.

UPDATE FROM ADMIN 2018-04-23 09:57:

We keep on getting this error when writing to you:

      '****x@d**f*.net' en 23/04/2018 9:57
            Server error: '450 4.1.2 <****x@d**f*.net>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found'

Please provide an alternative e-mail address (gmail.com, yahoo.com or similar would be the best)

#9 General matters » Working great, then today I got: Failed to clone disk: Not a directory » 2018-04-22 09:41:29

alexm
Replies: 3

I had an error this morning... it has been working great but at 0500 this morning I got an error in my email saying:

ERROR CLVMKFS1 details: [WHM] error: vmkfstools error details: Failed to clone disk: Not a directory (1310729).

It left a weird file in the /vmfs/volumes/QNAP/VMware (my NAS datastore) folder. Instead of there being a folder called "WHM" (my server name) it left a file "WHM" just 9kb big.

It then went to backup the remaining servers just fine, in folders. I tried running it from the command line and the backup completed fine. Any idea what caused this?

Alex


Here is part of the log:


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2018-04-22T04:00:21|  [WHM] starting backup...
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2018-04-22T04:00:21|  XSIBackup will backup your VMs while they are running and will quiesce guest services too, so that users
2018-04-22T04:00:21|  can continue to use the VM while the backup is taking place. You can also run cold and warm --backup-how
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2018-04-22T04:00:21|  Hot backup selected for VM: [WHM], will not be switched off
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2018-04-22T04:00:22|  [WHM] info: boot partition is MBR
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2018-04-22T04:00:22|  Removing snapshots, please wait...
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2018-04-22T04:00:24|  Syncronizing config files
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2018-04-22T04:01:18|  Backing up virtual disks...
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2018-04-22T04:01:18|  scsi0:0.fileName = "whm_0.vmdk"
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Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/whm/whm_0.vmdk'...
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2018-04-22T04:01:18|  [WHM] CLVMKFS1 error: Failed to clone disk: Not a directory (1310729).

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