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ebuelmo

Member

Registered: 2018-11-27

Posts: 2

Backup problem

Hi.

I´m running XSIBackup in a test enviroment.

I´m executing the command :"./xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/backup --backup-type=running --mail-from=user@domain.com.br --mail-to=user@domain.com.br --smtp-srv=smtp.domain.com --smtp-port=587 --smtp-usr=user@domain.com.br --smtp-pwd=xxxx"

It shows to me:

NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup kills any user launched jobs, make sure you don't overlap manual jobs
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NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup-Pro 11.1.6 is available to download
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XSIBackup PID:          2102674                                           localhost.localdomain
Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:17:14 +0000                             IPv4: 192.168.108.129/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-10302608                              (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Backup Id:              unknown                        Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz
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Message: crontab is installed for user root
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sh: rsync: unknown operand
Backup user is: root
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--backup-point found at /vmfs/volumes/backup (filesystem: VMFS-6)
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Getting list of all VMs...
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1      TST2016   [datastore1] Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)/Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit).vmx   windows9Server64Guest   vmx-12 
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VMs to backup:
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1      TST2016   [datastore1] Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)/Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit).vmx   windows9Server64Guest   vmx-12 
Error: skipping, not able to retrieve VM information
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How can i work around with the "skipping, not able to retrieve VM information" error?

Best regards,
Eduardo.

admin

Administrator

Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,072

Re: Backup problem

XSIBackup does not allow especial characters in the VM paths, parentesis are not allowed in paths.
This is clearly stated in the [b][url=https://33hops.com/xsibackup-help-man-page.html]man page[/url][/b]

ebuelmo

Member

Registered: 2018-11-27

Posts: 2

Re: Backup problem

I created another server with simplified name and worked!
Thanks!

Best regards,
Eduardo.