Install Xsibackup 9.0.1 free, on ESXi 6 U2
Works fine, but in one moment it start to write like this
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XSIBackup PID: 7677433 esxi.local
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:10 +0000 IPv4: /
VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-3620759 (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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2017-04-10T00:00:17| Found --backup-point at [ /vmfs/volumes/2tb/backup-esxi ]
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2017-04-10T00:00:17| Getting list of all VMs...
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2017-04-10T00:00:21| No VMs to backup
but if i start manually from command line - all works ok.
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XSIBackup PID: 7784567 esxi.local
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 09:04:52 +0000 IPv4: 192.168.0.10/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-3620759 (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Found --backup-point at [ /vmfs/volumes/2tb/backup-esxi ]
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Getting list of all VMs...
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9 test [2tb-hdd1] test/test.vmx ubuntu64Guest vmx-11
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VMs to backup:
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9 test [2tb-hdd1] test/test.vmx ubuntu64Guest vmx-11
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Needed room: 14 Gb.
Available room: 1578 Gb.
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Excerpt
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Hot backup selected for VM: [test], will not be switched off
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Test mode activated VMs will not be cloned, please remove --test-mode=true to allow backups
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No errors detected in backup
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Also i see that IPv4 address not resolved in cron job. But in cli - all ok
Any ideas? Thanks!
Last edit: Pavel Helmer 2017-04-10
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It seems pretty clear that the VM was not there when the crontab called XSIBackup execution. Are you using DRS?. Is any vCenter controlling which host is a particular VM assigned to?.
Last edit: 33HOPS 2017-04-10
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The fact that in the first log that you published, XSIBackup was not able to grab the IP/Mask from your shell environment, leads me to think there is something wrong in that box. And not only that; it's not that XSIBackup was not able to detect the VMs to backup, in fact it wasn't able to detect a single VM in that host. XSIBackup uses a very simple vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms, if that fails, something is wrong. So, check that your storage is there all the time and look for errors in your ESXi's logs.
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Install Xsibackup 9.0.1 free, on ESXi 6 U2
Works fine, but in one moment it start to write like this
but if i start manually from command line - all works ok.
Also i see that IPv4 address not resolved in cron job. But in cli - all ok
Any ideas? Thanks!
Last edit: Pavel Helmer 2017-04-10
Please, post the cron, the manual backup job and any relevant information that helps to describe your case.
Remember that XSIBackup has to work under the root security context.
The only VM that showed up in your initial post is called "test" not "sdh_prod_test"
"test" and "sdh_prod_test" are same VMs i cut name when copy to post (think that will be better for read) ))
It seems pretty clear that the VM was not there when the crontab called XSIBackup execution. Are you using DRS?. Is any vCenter controlling which host is a particular VM assigned to?.
Last edit: 33HOPS 2017-04-10
No there are no any vCenter, only ESXi with web ui. DRS no used,
only nfs
Last edit: Pavel Helmer 2017-04-10
hm. this night job cron working ok. I'm confused. (((
The fact that in the first log that you published, XSIBackup was not able to grab the IP/Mask from your shell environment, leads me to think there is something wrong in that box. And not only that; it's not that XSIBackup was not able to detect the VMs to backup, in fact it wasn't able to detect a single VM in that host. XSIBackup uses a very simple vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms, if that fails, something is wrong. So, check that your storage is there all the time and look for errors in your ESXi's logs.
ok. thank you.
Also today at night cron job works ok.
Maybe i had problem in cron. Because two days before i restart cron on ESXi node.