Forum ©XSIBackup: ©VMWare ©ESXi Backup Software

balu

Member

Registered: 2018-04-01

Posts: 6

Migrate existing jobs from 10.3.4 to 11.0.1

Hello, I'd try to migrate from the last pro version to v11.xxx in the near future, but I could not find any detailed information about the migration process.

- Will the existing xsibackup-cron file conversion to new /jobs be done auomaticly?
- Will the upgrade presevere the current backup schedule?
- Will I need to run the Key Exchange process again?

A short step-by-step migration tutorial would be very nice!

Thanks!

admin

Administrator

Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,057

Re: Migrate existing jobs from 10.3.4 to 11.0.1

I think this is what you are looking for:

(c)XSIBackup Classic: changes in version 11.0.0

- No, conversion is not done automatically. You have to do it manually, although it's quite simple: cut & paste and then arrange the job into lines ending with a "\" backslash. See the example below.
- No, you have to re-schedule your jobs, again very simple with the built in GUI.
- No, you do not need to exchange keys again, the ones you have will still work.

"/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup" \
--host=192.168.0.180:22 \
--backup-prog=XSITools:z \
--certify-backup=yes \
--backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/backup3/$( date +%Y%m'00000000' ) \
--backup-type=Custom \
--backup-vms="LINUX1_XSIBAK,LINUX2_XSIBAK,WIN1_XSIBAK,WIN2_XSIBAK,MAIL_XSIBAK" \
--backup-how=Hot \
--remote-xsipath=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir \
--use-smtp=2 \
--mail-to=daniel@33hops.com \
--backup-id=003 \
--description="XSITools backup of production VMs" \
--override=xsibakfilter \
--on-success="backupId->005" \
--on-error="backupId->005" \
--exec=yes >> "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/var/logs/xsibackup.log"