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#1 2021-05-28 15:51:42
- underdpt
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- Registered: 2018-04-30
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Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/...
Hello,
I'm a user of the legacy xsibackup-pro and willing to move to xsibackup-dc, so I'm doing some tests with the trial version.
Doing local backups works fine, even doing local backups through ssh (for testing purposes). But when I try to do a backup to another ESXi host through ssh, the remote folder is created but nothing is copied, i get this error for every file:
2021-05-28T16:04:18 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense-Snapshot21.vmsnI'm not sure what can be happening here, as the user sure has permissions (root user, indeed the folder is succesfully created). This is the command i'm using:
./xsibackup --replica /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/pfsense/ root@my.remote.eu:22:/vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2This is the full output:
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||| (c)XSIBackup-Free 1.5.0.5: Backup & Replication Software |||
||| (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved |||
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(c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
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System Information: ESXi, Kernel 6 Major 5 Minor 0 Patch 0
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License: unlicensed trial version, remaining trial time: 91:55:14 | (c)XSIBackup-Free
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Remote system: ESXi
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PID: 51003851, Running job as: root
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Remote xsibackup binary found at: /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup
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SOURCE: /vmfs/volumes/5ad9b7f8-b3e2885a-2796-e840f20ae690/pfsense
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(c)XSIBackup-Free replicating data to /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2
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Performing --replica action
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Item number 1 in this job
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pfsense Hardware Version is: 13
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Virtual Machine Name: pfsense
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Creating snapshot VM : pfsense (powered on)
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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Virtual Machine: pfsense
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Backup start date: 2021-05-28T16:04:57
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2021-05-28 16:04:57 | Backing up 23 files, total size is 17.13 GB
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NUMBER FILE SIZE PROGRESS
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1/23 pfsense.vmx 3.26 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:01 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmx
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2/23 pfsense-flat.vmdk 16.00 GB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:02 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense-flat.vmdk
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3/23 pfsense.vmdk 587.00 B | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:03 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmdk
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4/23 pfsense.vmsd 443.00 B | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:04 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmsd
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5/23 pfsense.nvram 8.48 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:04 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.nvram
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6/23 vmware-1.log 198.60 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:05 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/vmware-1.log
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7/23 vmware-2.log 237.34 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:05 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/vmware-2.log
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8/23 pfsense.vmxf 47.00 B | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:06 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmxf
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9/23 vmware-3.log 246.13 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:07 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/vmware-3.log
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10/23 pfsense.vmx.tmp 3.25 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:08 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmx.tmp
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11/23 pfsense-flat.vmdk___hash 82.00 B | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:09 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense-flat.vmdk___hash
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12/23 pfsense.vmsd.tmp 44.00 B | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:09 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmsd.tmp
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13/23 vmware-4.log 552.49 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:10 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/vmware-4.log
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14/23 vmx-pfsense-2782880133-1.vswp [open excluded]
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15/23 pfsense.vmx.lck [skipped excluded]
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16/23 pfsense.vmx~ 3.25 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:11 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense.vmx~
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17/23 vmware.log 254.08 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:12 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/vmware.log
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18/23 pfsense-a5df6185.vswp [open excluded]
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19/23 pfsense-ctk.vmdk [skipped excluded]
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20/23 pfsense-Snapshot22.vmsn 27.96 KB | Done 0.00%
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2021-05-28T16:05:13 | Error code 118 at file copy-in.c, line 118 | Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2/pfsense/pfsense-Snapshot22.vmsn
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21/23 pfsense-000001-delta.vmdk [skipped excluded]
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22/23 pfsense-000001.vmdk [skipped excluded]
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23/23 pfsense-000001-ctk.vmdk [skipped excluded]
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Total size: 16.00 GB | Done 100.00%
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*** Snapshot was removed ***
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Backup end date: 2021-05-28T16:05:13
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Time taken: 00:00:16 (16 sec.)
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Total time: 16 sec.
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Full file speed: 1024.09 mb/s
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Real data speed: 17592186044416.00 mb/s
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Item backup completed with errors
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Final checksum: 0 bytes were sent and confirmed to have been written remotely
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2021-05-28T16:05:19 | Error code 4291 at file xsibackup.c, line 4291 | Error description: some error/s were raised while backing up: /vmfs/volumes/5ad9b7f8-b3e2885a-2796-e840f20ae690/pfsense, error count is: 16
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Unlocked backup OK
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Removed PID OKOffline
#2 2021-05-28 16:06:30
- admin
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- Registered: 2017-04-21
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Re: Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/...
You are commiting a conceptual error. Your job should read:
./xsibackup --replica "VMs(pfsense)" root@my.remote.eu:22:/vmfs/volumes/Backups/backups_exi2Offline
#3 2021-05-28 16:13:28
- underdpt
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- Registered: 2018-04-30
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Re: Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/...
Thanks for your quick answer!!!
My command did work when doing backups through ssh to the local server, so I assumed it would work pointing to a remote server.
Anyway, changing the command to the one suggested did not work, the error being the same :-(
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#4 2021-05-28 16:41:13
- admin
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- Registered: 2017-04-21
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Re: Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/...
Forget our previous statement, we messed up. This can then only have to do with your primary temp dir /tmp
Check whether there's a subfolder by xsi: /tmp/xsi/ and some numeric subfolders inside.
Temp blocks are stored in that folder and for some reason creating the tmp block is failing, why? full /tmp FS maybe?
There is some confussion around that error, we have fixed it to offer more detailed info when it is triggered. Will be available in next release.
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#5 2021-05-31 05:42:59
- underdpt
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- Registered: 2018-04-30
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Re: Error description: can't open output file: /vmfs/volumes/...
Hello,
Ok, I finally found the culprit. It wasn't the tmp dir, there was the numeric subfolders empty, but the tmp dir was writable and not full.
This was a test machine with the old xsibackup installed. I think maybe some library was messing up and that's why it failed. Just uninstalling that xsibackup did the trick.
Thanks for your quick support!
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