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CorSch

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Registered: 2017-09-05

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ESXi 6.5 and rsync: "check files manually by using OpenSSL command"

Hello,

I want to use the rsync function of xsibackup to migrate my VMs from one server to another.
While running the xsibackup script, I get the following message:

"NOTICE: you are using ESXi 6.5.0, it contains some bugs that make it highly recommendable to use
XSIBACKUP-PRO's option --certify-backup. You can also check files manually by using OpenSSL command"

Does anybody know HOW to check the files with OpenSSL?

Best Regards,
CorSch

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

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Re: ESXi 6.5 and rsync: "check files manually by using OpenSSL command"

a - openssl sha1 yourfile
b - openssl md5 yourfile
c - openssl md4 yourfile

Of course you have to run any of those commands on both sides and compare the obtained checksums. You may need to switch off your VM to perform the backup and the manual checksum comparison, as a running VM could change the contents of the open disks.

CorSch

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Registered: 2017-09-05

Posts: 7

Re: ESXi 6.5 and rsync: "check files manually by using OpenSSL command"

Thank you for the information.
I will try the check on my machine.

admin

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Re: ESXi 6.5 and rsync: "check files manually by using OpenSSL command"

Not at all, just use openssl --help to get a list of all openssl digests:

openssl:Error: '--help' is an invalid command.

Standard commands
asn1parse         ca                ciphers           cms
crl               crl2pkcs7         dgst              dh
dhparam           dsa               dsaparam          ec
ecparam           enc               engine            errstr
gendh             gendsa            genpkey           genrsa
nseq              ocsp              passwd            pkcs12
pkcs7             pkcs8             pkey              pkeyparam
pkeyutl           prime             rand              req
rsa               rsautl            s_client          s_server
s_time            sess_id           smime             speed
spkac             srp               ts                verify
version           x509

Message Digest commands (see the `dgst' command for more details)
md4               md5               rmd160            sha
sha1

Cipher commands (see the `enc' command for more details)
aes-128-cbc       aes-128-ecb       aes-192-cbc       aes-192-ecb
aes-256-cbc       aes-256-ecb       base64            bf
bf-cbc            bf-cfb            bf-ecb            bf-ofb
camellia-128-cbc  camellia-128-ecb  camellia-192-cbc  camellia-192-ecb
camellia-256-cbc  camellia-256-ecb  cast              cast-cbc
cast5-cbc         cast5-cfb         cast5-ecb         cast5-ofb
des               des-cbc           des-cfb           des-ecb
des-ede           des-ede-cbc       des-ede-cfb       des-ede-ofb
des-ede3          des-ede3-cbc      des-ede3-cfb      des-ede3-ofb
des-ofb           des3              desx              rc2
rc2-40-cbc        rc2-64-cbc        rc2-cbc           rc2-cfb
rc2-ecb           rc2-ofb           rc4               rc4-40
seed              seed-cbc          seed-cfb          seed-ecb
seed-ofb