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Hi,
After install XSI backup to my EXSI and when i run the command from Putty
Also I have only 1 Datastore so im trying to take backup to it, for more details please see as follows.
VMFS-5 92.5G 11.7G 80.8G 13% /vmfs/volumes/datastore1
vfat 249.7M 8.0K 249.7M 0% /vmfs/volumes/5b85fa71-d74fd4ad-8d46-fa7d92fcbf5b
vfat 4.0G 8.1M 4.0G 0% /vmfs/volumes/5c38e7c0-e43a97b4-480c-000c29a098f9
vfat 249.7M 167.9M 81.8M 67% /vmfs/volumes/93109e78-9715952c-9fb0-b79cef11fd99
vfat 285.8M 202.6M 83.3M 71% /vmfs/volumes/5c38e7bf-22c075f4-4346-000c29a098f9
EXSI SSH [root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/5c38e7c0-9554d197-eb7f-000c29a098f9/xsi-dir] /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1 --backup-type=all
I always get Two Error:
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1. Error: skipping, not able to retrieve VM information
2. /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup: line 1: arithmetic syntax error
I need your guys Help ASAP.
For more details i have Past the result of mine.
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# (c) XSIBACKUP-FREE 11.0.1 | Backup for (c) VMWARE ESXi Hypervisor by 33hops.com
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NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup kills any user launched jobs, make sure you don't overlap manual jobs
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NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup-Pro 11.2.2 is available to download
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XSIBackup PID: 55892 localhost.localdomain
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:50:31 +0000 IPv4: 192.168.44.129/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-3620759 (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Backup Id: unknown Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
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Message: crontab is installed for user root
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ADVICE: no SSD disks, please consider adding an SSD cache disk to improve performance
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sh: rsync: unknown operand
Backup user is: root
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--backup-point found at /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 (filesystem: VMFS-5)
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E-mail Warnings
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The e-mail report will not be sent because of the followig reasons:
The --mail-from string has not been set
The --smtp-srv string has not been set
The --smtp-port string has not been set
The --smtp-usr string has not been set, you need --smtp-usr if --smtp-auth is other than -none-
The --smtp-pwd string has not been set, you need --smtp-pwd if --smtp-auth is other than -none-
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Getting list of all VMs...
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1 Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) [datastore1] Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)/Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit).vmx windows9_64Guest vmx-11
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VMs to backup:
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1 Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) [datastore1] Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)/Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit).vmx windows9_64Guest vmx-11
Error: skipping, not able to retrieve VM information
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/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup: line 1: arithmetic syntax error
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You should consider completing the job with --backup-prog=Vmkfstools and adding some SMTP server
Run this command in your host and post the output:
A=1;vim-cmd vmsvc/get.filelayout $A | grep -E '^[ \t].*\"\[.*.vmdk.*' | \
sed -e 's/\"//g' -e 's/\,//g' -e 's/\[//g' -e 's/\] /\//g' | awk '{print $0}' | \
sed -e 's/^ *//g' -e 's/ *$//g' | awk '{print "/vmfs/volumes/"$0}' | \
awk -F '/' 'sub(FS $NF,x)' | sort -u;vim-cmd vmsvc/get.filelayout $A | \
grep "Directory" | grep -v "<unset>" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | \
awk -F ']' '{print "/vmfs/volumes/"$2}' | sed -e 's/\"//g' -e 's/\ //g' -e 's/,//g' | sort -u
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Thanks For your Reply,
Sir I'm really very new for this, is it possible u to provide me how should i write or were should i write this cord --backup-prog=Vmkfstools
Well do u mean i should write like this, /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/backup --backup-prog=Vmkfstools
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The command you provide I just Copy and Past in my host, hence still same result.
Result:
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Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) [datastore1] Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)/Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit).vmx windows7_64Guest vmx-11
Error: skipping, not able to retrieve VM information
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/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup: line 1: arithmetic syntax error
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[root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/5c38e7c0-9554d197-eb7f-000c29a098f9/xsi-dir] A=1;vim-cmd vmsvc/get.filelayout $A | grep -E '^[ \t].*\"\[.*.vmdk.*' | \
> sed -e 's/\"//g' -e 's/\,//g' -e 's/\[//g' -e 's/\] /\//g' | awk '{print $0}' | \
> sed -e 's/^ *//g' -e 's/ *$//g' | awk '{print "/vmfs/volumes/"$0}' | \
> awk -F '/' 'sub(FS $NF,x)' | sort -u;vim-cmd vmsvc/get.filelayout $A | \
> grep "Directory" | grep -v "<unset>" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | \
> awk -F ']' '{print "/vmfs/volumes/"$2}' | sed -e 's/\"//g' -e 's/\ //g' -e 's/,//g' | sort -u
/vmfs/volumes/MicrosoftWindows10(64-bit)
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XSIBackup does not allow parenthesis or any other especial character in VM names and/or paths. Use letters numbers spaces, underscores or hyphens. Fix this and it'll work.
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This is the command i use
EXSI SSH [root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/5c38e7c0-9554d197-eb7f-000c29a098f9/xsi-dir] /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1 --backup-type=all
I don't see any special character and paths and spaces or underscores etc.... i wonder what is wrong with the command im using.
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Your VM name has parenthesis in its name: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit). Your VM folder most probably also has parenthesis.
XSIBackup does not allow parenthesis or any other especial character in VM names and/or paths. Use letters numbers spaces, underscores or hyphens. Fix this and it'll work.
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oooomg, it worked i remove all Parenthesis and it worked yesss...Thank You Sooooo much
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