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ceccoz3

Member

Registered: 2021-01-27

Posts: 2

ERROR (NOVM2BAK), details Error: no VMs to backup

Dear Forum,

I have been using XSIBACKUP-FREE for a long time to back up numerous vms.
For 2 weeks now I have been receiving this error:

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"/vmfs/volumes/P00009-DATA/scripts/XSIBACKUP-FREE/xsibackup" \
--mail-from=notification@mydomain.com \
--mail-to=info@mydomain.com \
--subject=Kel_ESX1_Backup \
--smtp-srv=smtp.mydomain.com \
--smtp-port=587 \
--smtp-usr=mydomain\\usersEsx \
--smtp-sec=TLS \
--smtp-pwd=************* \
--date-dir=yes \
--description="Backup ESX1 Kel" \
--backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/P00009-DATA/ESX1 \
--backup-type=custom \
--backup-vms="p1-Printserver" \
--backup-room=400 \
--backup-id=001 \
--exec=yes >> "/vmfs/volumes/P00009-DATA/scripts/XSIBACKUP-FREE/var/logs/xsibackup.log" 2>&1
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Into the Log file:
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2021-01-25T18:49:16|  NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup kills any user launched jobs, make sure you don't overlap manual jobs
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XSIBackup PID:         23499154                                                  P00009
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:49:16 +0000                                 IPv4: xx.xx.xx.xx/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-16316930                              (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Backup Id:                  001                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v5 @ 3.00GHz
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2021-01-25T18:49:17|  Backup description: Backup ESX1 Kel
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2021-01-25T18:49:17|  Message: crontab is installed for user root
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2021-01-25T18:49:17|  ADVICE: no SSD disks, please consider adding an SSD cache disk to improve performance
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2021-01-25T18:49:17|  Backup user is: root
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2021-01-25T18:49:18|  --backup-point found at /vmfs/volumes/ P00009-DATA/ESX1 (filesystem: VMFS-5)
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2021-01-25T18:49:18|  The backup room has been limited to 400 gb.
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2021-01-25T18:49:18|  Getting list of all VMs...
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2021-01-25T18:49:18|  5      vCLS (72)   [p00015-nasDATA] vCLS (72)/vCLS (72).vmx   other3xLinux64Guest   vmx-14    vSphere Cluster Service VM is deployed from an OVA with a minimal installed profile of PhotonOS. vSphere Cluster Service manages the resources, power state and availability of these VMs. vSphere Cluster Service VMs are required for maintaining the health and availability of vSphere Cluster Service. Any impact on the power state or resources of these VMs might degrade the health of the vSphere Cluster Service and cause vSphere DRS to cease operation for the cluster.
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2021-01-25T18:49:18|  Error NOVM2BAK: no VMs to backup

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The wm that I would backup is : p1-Printserver and it is on, up running and works well. I regularly receive the email with the notification

Any suggests?

Thanks in advance,
   Ceccoz3

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,072

Re: ERROR (NOVM2BAK), details Error: no VMs to backup

Well, the program prints a list of all the VMs previous to performing a backup and [b]p1-Printserver[/b] does not show up in your output, only [b]vCLS[/b] does.

Run

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

to check that fact out.

ceccoz3

Member

Registered: 2021-01-27

Posts: 2

Re: ERROR (NOVM2BAK), details Error: no VMs to backup

Hi,
yes, in the end it was a simple thing.
The vm was moved.

I moved it back and the backup worked normally.

All solved.

Thank you very much for your help,
  Ceccoz3