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Hey,
I've made backups of serveral VMs, but it seems that the backups doesn't work. The original .vmdk file is round about 30 to 100 GB but in my --backup-point the .vmdk file is only 1 kb. Is that right?
I used following backup commands:
./xsibackup --backup-point=ip:port:/path/to/backup/location --backup-type=all --backup-prog=xsitools:z
./xsibackup --backup-point=ip:port:/path/to/backup/location --backup-type=all --backup-prog=rsync
On both commands the .vmdk file is only 1 kb.
Now when I copy the files of the backup from the deleted VM back to my vsanDatastore I can register the .vmx file. But when I start the VM it display an error that says it can't find the files.
Can someone help me?
LG
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You used xsitools, that is a deduplication engine, so the .vmdk contains just the "indexes" to the data chunks, you ave to restore the vm prior to be runnable
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I also tried "rsync" but got the same error.
So what you mean is that i had to configure a new VM with the same name and configurations?
Or how can I restore the VM when it is deleted?
Last edited by Pas98 (2020-05-27 06:29:29)
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Just like you need to know how to use some tool before actually using it, i.e. a wrench, you need to know what deduplication is before using it.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication]Deduplication on Wikipedia[/url]
Apart from that, Free version does not allow to restore deduplicated backups, thus, if you just want to perform simple backups, do not use --backup-prog=Xsitools:z, but --backup-prog=Vmkfstools instead.
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