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clicream

Member

Registered: 2018-04-19

Posts: 27

vmdk not excluded

my related options in xsibackup-cron is like below

--backup-type=custom --backup-vms="MTA,MTA2,MAIL1,MAIL2!MAIL1_10.vmdk;MAIL1_11.vmdk;MAIL2_1.vmdk;MAIL2_2.vmdk"

for MAIL1, MAIL_10.vmdk & MAIL1_11.vmdk is not excluded during backup

log snippet:

2018-05-24T16:09:42|  [MAIL1] info: quick size check...
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2018-05-24T16:09:42|  [MAIL1] info: file [MAIL1_10-flat.vmdk]...
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2018-05-24T16:09:43|  [MAIL1] info: file size check | OK [ 2199023255552 bytes | 2199023255552 bytes ]
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2018-05-24T16:09:43|  [MAIL1] info: quick size check...
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2018-05-24T16:09:43|  [MAIL1] info: file [MAIL1_11-flat.vmdk]...
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2018-05-24T16:09:43|  [MAIL1] info: file size check | OK [ 2199023255552 bytes | 2199023255552 bytes ]

...
[MAIL1] info: transfering snapshot file [MAIL1_10-000001.vmdk]
sending incremental file list
MAIL1_10-000001.vmdk
^M            336 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00  ^M            336 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 434 bytes  received 35 bytes  312.67 bytes/sec
total size is 336  speedup is 0.72
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[MAIL1] info: transfering snapshot file [MAIL1_11-000001.vmdk]
sending incremental file list
MAIL1_11-000001.vmdk
^M            336 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00  ^M            336 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 434 bytes  received 35 bytes  938.00 bytes/sec
total size is 336  speedup is 0.72

Did I wrote those options wrongly?

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,055

Re: vmdk not excluded

As per your backup command:

--backup-vms="MTA,MTA2,MAIL1,MAIL2!MAIL1_10.vmdk;MAIL1_11.vmdk;MAIL2_1.vmdk;MAIL2_2.vmdk"

You are excluding those disks for the VM MAIL2, not for MAIL1
You are mixing disks apparently pertaining to MAIL1 and MAIL2 in the exclussion string

clicream

Member

Registered: 2018-04-19

Posts: 27

Re: vmdk not excluded

so I should do it like this?:

--backup-vms="MTA,MTA2,MAIL1!MAIL1_10.vmdk;MAIL1_11.vmdk,MAIL2!MAIL2_1.vmdk;MAIL2_2.vmdk"

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,055

Re: vmdk not excluded

Please clicream, exclude disks as explained in the man page: (c)XSIBackup Classic Man Page

clicream

Member

Registered: 2018-04-19

Posts: 27

Re: vmdk not excluded

thanks for the heads up