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Gauss

Member

Registered: 2020-05-25

Posts: 1

xsibackup not backing up vmdk files

I´m a new user to xsibackup-dc. Bought a license but am not able to create backups.

NFS share connected to ESXI host.

./xsibackup --backup "VMs(CheckMK)" /vmfs/volumes/Backup/Office/

is producing the following output:

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|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.1.1.2: 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 0 Patch 0
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License: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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PID: 564555, Running job as: root
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LZJB compression has been enabled
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Block size is 1048576 bytes (1024.00 KB)
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(c)XSIBackup-DC setting repository at /vmfs/volumes/Backup/Office/
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Virtual Machine Name: CheckMK
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Creating snapshot VM : CheckMK (powered on)
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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New backup/replica: CheckMK | folder
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Backup start date: 2020-05-25 11:11:58
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2020-05-25 11:11:58 | Backing up 20 files, total size is 18424800643
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    NUMBER                                                         FILE            SIZE       PROGRESS
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     1/20                                                 CheckMK.nvram         8.48 KB | Done   0.00%
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     2/20                                                  CheckMK.vmsd       437.00 B  | Done   0.00%
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     3/20                                                   CheckMK.vmx         3.29 KB | Done   0.00%
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     4/20                                                  vmware-1.log       280.93 KB | Done   0.00%
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     5/20                                                  CheckMK.vmdk       501.00 B  | Done   0.00%
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     6/20                                          CheckMK-flat.vmdk    [open excluded] | Done   0.00%
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     7/20        vmx-CheckMK-be5113c9eba92ae58131dd84f3478ddccd74e22    [open excluded] | Done   0.00%
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     8/20                                            CheckMK.vmx.lck    [open excluded] | Done   0.00%
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     9/20                                                  CheckMK.vmx~         3.29 KB | Done   0.00%
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    10/20                                                  vmware-2.log       251.40 KB | Done   0.00%
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    11/20                                                  vmware-3.log       267.85 KB | Done   0.00%
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    12/20                                                  vmware-4.log       224.56 KB | Done   0.00%
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    13/20                                                    vmware.log       189.11 KB | Done   0.01%
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    14/20                                      CheckMK-9133a1c1.vswp    [open excluded] | Done   0.01%
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    15/20                                              CheckMK.vmsd.tmp        43.00 B  | Done   0.01%
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    16/20                                               CheckMK.vmx.tmp         3.29 KB | Done   0.01%
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    17/20                                               CheckMK-aux.xml        13.00 B  | Done   0.01%
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    18/20                                        CheckMK-Snapshot3.vmsn        19.92 KB | Done   0.01%
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    19/20                                  CheckMK-000001-sesparse.vmdk    [skipped excluded]
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    20/20                                           CheckMK-000001.vmdk    [skipped excluded]
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Total size:                 1 MB                                                        | Done 100.00%
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*** Snapshot was removed ***
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Backup end date: 2020-05-25 11:11:58
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Time taken:        0 sec.
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Total time:        0 sec.
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Full file speed:                                                                              inf mb/s
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Real data speed:                                                                             0.19 mb/s
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Item backup completed
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Differential blocks were added to the .blocklog database
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Data processing completed successfully
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Removed <tmp> dir        OK
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Unlocked backup          OK
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Removed PID              OK
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As you can see it´s skipping the data files. This backup is worthless without data files. What does "open excluded" and "skipped excluded" mean?

I thought I would be able to create backups from machines while they are running.

What am I doing wrong?

Best regards

Edit:

just read in another thread that ESXI 7.0 is not supported, yet. Any roadmap for this? Is it possible to test a pre-release version?

All my hosts run ESXI 7.0 so my xsibackup-dc license is quite useless at the moment.

Last edited by Gauss (2020-05-25 15:09:46)

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,055

Re: xsibackup not backing up vmdk files

Version 1.1.1.2 is not compatible with ESXi 7.0.0. We are finishing tests to 1.3.0.0 which is indeed compatible with ESXi 7.0.0. Contact support to get a copy.