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Robertkwild

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Registered: 2020-05-25

Posts: 43

changing backup point to same folder and increasing backup room

hi all,

atm i have two esxi hosts and on each host i have set up my backups like so

--backup-point="/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx01" \
--backup-type="running" \
--date-dir="yes" \
--backup-room="3000" \
--snapshot="doquiesce" \
--backup-id="001"

and my other host is exactly the same but backup point is another folder

--backup-point="/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup/esx02" \
--backup-room="3000" \

i was thinking of putting all the backups in the root folder of "backup" instead of there own esx01/02 folders and then increasing the size to 6000 as thats how big the NAS is ie "backup"

so they all will look the same ie like

--backup-point="/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup" \
--backup-type="running" \
--date-dir="yes" \
--backup-room="6000" \
--snapshot="doquiesce" \
--backup-id="001"

will this method backup up all the vms on both hosts, i know they will start deleting when it reaches 6000 to make space for more vms

thanks,
rob

Robertkwild

Member

Registered: 2020-05-25

Posts: 43

Re: changing backup point to same folder and increasing backup room

it worked, as im saving all the backup jobs ie (esx01 esx02) to the same dir (backup point) im using the same size for each host (backup room) as thats how big my backup NAS is

i made it 7100 ie 7.1TB as when i did a "df-h" on my host that datastore is 7.2TB, i have left 100gb

--backup-point=/vmfs/volumes/datastore98/backup --backup-type=running --date-dir=yes --backup-room=7100 --snapshot=doquiesce --backup-id=001 --save-job --mail-to=user@domain.com --use-smtp=2

Last edited by Robertkwild (2023-02-14 10:06:41)