Download from:
https://33hops.com/xsibackup-vmware-esxi-backup.html
Please, consult the manual at:
https://33hops.com/xsibackup-dc-full-manual-home.html
It's constantly updated and contains explanatory videos.
INSTALLATION
1 - Copy the .zip package to the /tmp folder in your ESXi server.
2 - Unzip it.
# cd /tmp;unzip XSIBackup-DC_*.zip
3 - Apply execute permission to the install file.
# chmod -R 0700 install
4 - Run the install process.
# ./install
5 - Change dir to the installation path (default is /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC)
# cd /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/
6 - Run xsibackup
# ./xsibackup --help
6 - Generate a new request.key file
# ./xsibackup --request-key
7 - Upload the request.key file to your user panel.
8 - Wait some minutes and download the license.key file. You have to
rename the file to license.key and place it in the installation root.
9 - Then check the license to verify everything works as expected.
# ./xsibackup --check-license
You may watch our video on installation in out youtube.com channel.
https://youtu.be/ecFaJi0rpMk
MANUAL INSTALLATION
Even easier than using the ./install script. Just unzip the main file
and then the xsibackup-dc.zip file inside of it, then apply permissions.
# unzip XSIBackup-DC_*.zip
# unzip xsibackup-dc.zip
# chmod -R 0700 xsibackup* bin gui
# rm -rf *.zip
And run:
# ./xsibackup-gui
TRIAL VERSION LIMITATIONS
Trial version is limited to 6 hours of use after each host reboot.
You may reboot your host and use the program for 6 more hours and
so on.
Trial versions are limited to 40 or 60 GB depending on the type of
trial license.
All other actions are fully enabled without limits: --check, --restore,
--repair, --info, --prune, etc...
The ./bin/xsifs binary allows to mount any restore point in a (c)XSIBackup-DC
repository in a Linux host, it's free to use without any limitation.
You may use a trial version as a fully enabled server in any SSH
enabled host. It's only the client that is limited by the the trial
version license limits.
ABOUT TRANSFER SPEED.
(c)XSIBackup Datacenter has been tested on commodity hardware and
on many different chipsets. It is a low level piece of software
aimed at reaching the hardware theoretical limit, nonetheless it
can't go beyond that limit.
If you want to achieve close to gigabit LAN speeds (80-90 MB/s),
in effective data throughput, you need hardware which is capable
of reaching that speed and sustain it for a long period of time.
We recommend that you always use Intel NICs. There may be other
brands that manufacture quality NICs, but Intel NICs are the only
ones from our experience that always offer maximum performance.
We'll put it the other way around. If you use Realtek NICs and
TP-Link switches, you can't expect to achieve more than 15-20 MB/s
of effective throughput, it doesn't have anything to do with ESXi
being limited in speed or XSIBackup not being fast enough, it's
your network hardware.
You can buy decent gigabit switches al bargain prices from
manufacturers like Microtik. If you can afford HP Pro-curve or
Cisco great, but you don't really need to spend that much.
In regards to the above mentioned manufacturers (Realtek and TP-Link)
don't get us wrong, they manufacture awesome hardware for its cost. We
use those brands, but we use them to browse the Internet and read
e-mails, not to transfer terabyte virtual disks.
