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#1 2022-03-30 06:31:12

herrep
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From: Munich
Registered: 2019-07-08
Posts: 107

XSIBackup-DC 1.5.1.9: Error code 216 signal.c Error code 1537 common.c

Hi,

My xsibackup configuration with option --replica=cbt works well over several weeks, no errors.

Last night, I found the following two errors in the backup.log.  When consulting the error.log, I did not receive any additional information, please see below:

2022-03-30T00:05:57 | Error code 1537 at file common.c, line 1537 | Error description: error running command run_backup_cmd(), returned: 1

<list of VMs backed up>), error count is: 2
2022-03-30T00:24:12 | Error code 216 at file signal.c, line 216 | Error description: raised SIGTERM (11) (2) in job, total errors: 11, check error.log

These messages above are a copy of the messages already reported via backup.log.  It appears that the second error message is a result of having the first error message, as it was stated below the last VM to be backed up where no issues occurred.

However, I wonder what the first error message means.  In fact, it concerns a VM that had been replicated without issues the nights before.  The only difference was that there was a manually created snapshot.  Does this cause a conflict with the CTK-enabled replication (--replica=cbt)?

Best regards,
Peter

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#2 2022-03-30 08:56:18

admin
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Registered: 2017-04-21
Posts: 2,072

Re: XSIBackup-DC 1.5.1.9: Error code 216 signal.c Error code 1537 common.c

All snapshots are removed when you engage a VM in a CBT job. Please, post the job if you want a more thorough analysis.
As general advice: increase verbosity and/or prepend [b]strace[/b] to your command to have detailed system call level information on what's going on.

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#3 2022-03-30 09:34:38

herrep
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From: Munich
Registered: 2019-07-08
Posts: 107

Re: XSIBackup-DC 1.5.1.9: Error code 216 signal.c Error code 1537 common.c

Hi,

attached below please find the job:

xsibackup \
--replica=cbt \
"VMs(vm)" \
"/backup" \
--options=R \
--quiesce \
--config-backup \
--backup-how=hot

And here is the result:

Performing a hot backup as per the --backup-how argument.
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.5.1.9: Backup & Replication Software                    |||
|||   (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved    |||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   (c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
System Information: ESXi, Kernel 6 Major 7 Minor 0 Patch 0
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License: 000306E40000000000000000d89d67195a68 | (c)XSIBackup-DC
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PID: 3890004, Running job as: root
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(c)XSIBackup-DC replicating data to /vmfs/volumes/nas-holzkirchen-backup/hpdl380p/replica-hot
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Performing --replica action
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Backup folder '/vmfs/volumes/nas-holzkirchen-backup/hpdl380p/replica-hot'
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Item number 1 in this job
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Available space in backup volume: 12656858333184 (11.79 TB)
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vm Hardware Version is: 14
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All snapshots were removed, as vm is engaged in a CBT job
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Virtual Machine Name: vm
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Creating snapshot VM : vm (powered on)
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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Virtual Machine: vm
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Backup start date: 2022-03-30T00:04:12
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2022-03-30 00:04:12 | Backing up 28 files, total size is 66.33 GB
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    NUMBER	                                                   FILE             SIZE          PROGRESS
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    1/28                                           vm.vmx          3.12 KB    | Done   0.00%
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    2/28	                 vmx-vm-3606140007-1.vswp                 [skipped excluded]
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    3/28	                               vm.vmx.lck                 [skipped excluded]
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    4/28                                          vm.vmsd        536.00 B     | Done   0.00%
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    5/28                         vm_1-flat.vmdk (CBT 111)         64.00 GB    | Done   0.00%
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    6/28                                        vm_1.vmdk        583.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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    7/28                                       vm-aux.xml        140.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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    8/28	                                         vmware-722.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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    9/28                                                     vmware.log          1.13 MB    | Done  96.49%
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   10/28                                         vm.nvram          8.48 KB    | Done  96.49%
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   11/28                                      vm.vmsd.tmp        430.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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   12/28                                          vm.vmx~          3.12 KB    | Done  96.49%
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   13/28	                                         vmware-717.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   14/28	                                         vmware-720.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   15/28                                          vm.vmxf        150.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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   16/28                                 vm-d6f15467.hlog         53.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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   17/28	                                         vmware-718.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   18/28	                                         vmware-719.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   19/28                            vm_1-flat.vmdk___hash         82.00 B     | Done  96.49%
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   20/28	                                         vmware-721.log                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   21/28	                         vm-d6f15467.vswp                 [skipped excluded]
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   22/28	                            vm_1-ctk.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   23/28                                       vm.vmx.tmp          3.12 KB    | Done  96.49%
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   24/28	                      vm-Snapshot785.vmsn                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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   25/28	                vm_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   26/28	                         vm_1-000001.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   27/28	                     vm_1-000001-ctk.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   28/28	               vm-quiesce_manifest785.xml                 [REGEXP exclusion]
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Total size:                                                                     64.00 GB    | Done 100.00%
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*** Snapshot was removed ***
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SHA-1 hashes updated for .vmdk descriptor files
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Replica registered for VM vm as vm_XSIREP with Id 589
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2022-03-30T00:05:57 | Error code 1537 at file common.c, line 1537 | Error description: error running command run_backup_cmd(), returned: 1
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Backup end date: 2022-03-30T00:05:54
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Time taken: 00:01:42 (102 sec.)
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Total time: 00:03:23 (203 sec.)
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Full file speed:	                                                                   642.52 mb/s
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Real data speed:	                                                                    15.33 mb/s
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Item backup completed with errors
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#4 2022-03-30 09:49:13

admin
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Posts: 2,072

Re: XSIBackup-DC 1.5.1.9: Error code 216 signal.c Error code 1537 common.c

The job is running OK, it's the final part where the VM is registered where you are having some issue.
Maybe some duplicate name in the registry?

You don't need [b]--backup-how=hot[/b], it's the default behavior.

We need some more verbosity, run the job in the command line to debug it and add [b]--debug-print[/b] at the end to have the details on the command that fails.

./xsibackup --replica=cbt "VMs(vm)" "/backup" --options=R --quiesce --config-backup --debug-print

Update:
Looks like the problem is related to creating the remote replica snapshot. This is required to be able to switch the remote VM on without affecting the remote clone consistency and should never be deleted. It is in fact called "xsirep_donotdelete".

Your simplest workaround consists in unregistering the _XSIREP VM and deleting the clone folder from disk, this will recreate the remote cloned VM from scratch copying all data again.

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