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Robertkwild

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Registered: 2020-05-25

Posts: 43

backup room option - two hosts to same root folder (solved)

hi all,

so i have two esxi hosts and both i have installed xsibackup free, but there all backing up to the same datastore, ie

/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx01
/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx02

but as you can see the root folder is the same

/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/

as you can see i have given each host 3tb worth as the total of my NAS is 8tb

will the below work, or am i doing it wrong

host one

/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/XSIBackup-Free/xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx01 --backup-type=running --date-dir=yes --backup-room=3000 --snapshot=doquiesce

host two

/vmfs/volumes/datastore11/XSIBackup-Free/xsibackup --backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx02 --backup-type=running --date-dir=yes --backup-room=3000 --snapshot=doquiesce

thanks,
rob

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,055

Re: backup room option - two hosts to same root folder (solved)

There isn't any reason why it shouldn't work, as both hosts have their own backup folder.

Robertkwild

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Registered: 2020-05-25

Posts: 43

Re: backup room option - two hosts to same root folder (solved)

thanks admin, exactly what i was thinking, one has "esx01" and another "esx02"

also the date dir folder doesnt mess it up does it?

admin

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Registered: 2017-04-21

Posts: 2,055

Re: backup room option - two hosts to same root folder (solved)

Since you are backing up to different folders, there isn't any possibility to mess it up.