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#1 Re: General matters » Backup over IP stuck » 2019-09-09 11:34:40

Fuss

Well, backup of my other VMs (with fewer snapshots) worked fine.
I'm not aware of any network issues between the two hosts, which are on the same LAN.

#2 General matters » Backup over IP stuck » 2019-09-03 21:41:29

Fuss
Replies: 3

Hi there,

I'm running into an issue: the backup over rsync to a different host seems to be stuck, now for >30 minutes without writing anything to the logs and without copying any further files.

My command:

[root@xxx:/vmfs/volumes/5b8555ab-94e03f86-bfab-e0d55e6aa26b/xsi-backups] /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/xsi-dir/xsibackup \
> --backup-point="xxx:22:/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups" \
> --backup-type=custom \
> --backup-vms="Server-V2" \
> --backup-prog=rsync \
> --backup-id=001 \
> --date-dir=yes \
> --use-smtp=1 \
> --mail-to=xxx@xxx.com \
> --subject="xxx" \
> --description="xxx" \
> --exec=yes >> /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/xsi-backups/xsibackup.log

A tail -f of the log file (in a different terminal) reveals:

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|                        Rsyslog is not available in XSIBACKUP-FREE                        |
|                          Get XSIBACKUP-PRO at https://33hops.com                          |
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2019-09-03T21:09:21|  ###############################################################################
2019-09-03T21:09:21|     XSIBACKUP-FREE 11.2.8: new execution request
2019-09-03T21:09:21|  ###############################################################################
2019-09-03T21:09:21|
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|              High speed and deduplication is not available in XSIBACKUP-FREE             |
|                          Get XSIBACKUP-PRO at https://33hops.com                          |
|                              USE DISCOUNT COUPON: xxx                              |
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2019-09-03T21:09:21|  NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup kills any user launched jobs, make sure you don't overlap manual jobs
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2019-09-03T21:09:21|  NOTICE: (c) XSIBackup-Pro 11.2.9 is available to download
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XSIBackup PID:          1963493                                               xxx
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 21:09:21 +0000                                   IPv4: xxx/255.255.255.0
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-5969303                              (c) Rsync 3.1.0 as opt. dependency
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Backup Id:                  001                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHz
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2019-09-03T21:09:22|  Backup description: xxx
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2019-09-03T21:09:22|  Alert: crontab is not installed for user root
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2019-09-03T21:09:22|  Backup user is: root
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2019-09-03T21:09:22|  Backup program is: rsync
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2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Remote OpenSSH version is: 7.5
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2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Negotiated Cipher (server->client): aes128-ctr
2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Negotiated Cipher (client->server): aes128-ctr
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2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Service OpenSSH ready at server xxx:22
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2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Remote ESXi version is 6.5.0
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2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Info: XSIBACKUP-FREE will now try to determine the remote's XSIBACKUP-FREE installation point...
2019-09-03T21:09:24|  Tip: should this process take too long, use the --remote-xsipath argument to set it
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2019-09-03T21:09:26|  Found (c) XSIBackup installation. Remote path is set dynamically
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2019-09-03T21:09:26|  Remote xsi path set to: /vmfs/volumes/5caf8291-5027343a-8761-ac1f6bad6525/xsi-dir (filesystem: VMFS-6)
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|                     Custom ciphers is not available in XSIBACKUP-FREE                    |
|                          Get XSIBACKUP-PRO at https://33hops.com                          |
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2019-09-03T21:09:27|  Mirroring to server xxx port 22
2019-09-03T21:09:27|  Checking Rsync exists on the other side...
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2019-09-03T21:09:28|  (c)Rsync (samba.org) found at [ xxx:22:/vmfs/volumes/5caf8291-5027343a-8761-ac1f6bad652... ]
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2019-09-03T21:09:28|  (c)XSIDiff found at [ xxx:22:/vmfs/volumes/5caf8291-5027343a-8761-ac1f6bad6525/xsi-dir/... ]
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2019-09-03T21:09:29|  Getting list of all VMs...
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2019-09-03T21:09:29|  5      Server-V1         [NVMe1TB] Server-V1/Server-V1.vmx               ubuntu64Guest           vmx-13
2019-09-03T21:09:30|  7      Server-V2         [NVMe1TB] Server-V2/Server-V2.vmx               ubuntu64Guest           vmx-07
2019-09-03T21:09:30|  8      Server-Voice      [NVMe1TB] Server-Voice/Server-Voice.vmx         debian7_64Guest         vmx-10
2019-09-03T21:09:31|  9      Server-Firewall   [NVMe1TB] Server-Firewall/Server-Firewall.vmx   otherLinux64Guest       vmx-13
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2019-09-03T21:09:31|  VMs to backup:
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2019-09-03T21:09:31|  7      Server-V2         [NVMe1TB] Server-V2/Server-V2.vmx               ubuntu64Guest           vmx-07
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2019-09-03T21:09:39|  Calculating sizes...
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2019-09-03T21:09:40|  [Server-V2] Starting backup (size is 213035M on 218184M file)
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2019-09-03T21:09:40|  XSIBackup will backup your VMs while they are running, so that users can continue to use the VM
2019-09-03T21:09:40|  while the backup is taking place. You can also run --backup-how=cold|warm
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2019-09-03T21:09:40|  Hot backup selected for VM: [Server-V2], will not be switched off
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2019-09-03T21:09:40|  [Server-V2] info: boot partition is MBR
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2019-09-03T21:09:41|  Removing snapshots, please wait...
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2019-09-03T21:09:42|  Syncronizing config files
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2019-09-03T21:09:43|  [Server-V2] info: created dir to host VM backup
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2019-09-03T21:09:44|  [Server-V2] info: VMX file succesfully queued
2019-09-03T21:09:45|  [Server-V2] info: VMSD file succesfully queued
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2019-09-03T21:09:45|  [Server-V2] info: NVRAM file succesfully queued
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2019-09-03T21:09:45|  [Server-V2] info: VMWare Tools detected, taking snapshot QUIESCED(false)...
2019-09-03T21:09:45|  [Server-V2] info: set argument --snapshot=doquiesce to quiesce your VMs
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2019-09-03T21:10:10|  Backing up virtual disks...
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2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000005-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000005.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000006-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000006.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000007-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000007.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000008-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000008.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000009-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000009.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000010-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000010.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot1.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot11.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot2.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot3.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot4.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot5.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot6.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot7.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot8.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-Snapshot9.vmsn
2019-09-03T21:10:10|  DISK=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2.vmdk
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2019-09-03T21:10:11|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:10:11|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:11|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001-sesparse.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000001-sesparse.vmdk
    688,209,920 100%   71.83MB/s    0:00:09 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 688,378,047 bytes  received 35 bytes  65,559,817.33 bytes/sec
total size is 688,209,920  speedup is 1.00
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2019-09-03T21:10:44|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:10:44|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:44|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000001.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000001.vmdk
            349 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 454 bytes  received 35 bytes  326.00 bytes/sec
total size is 349  speedup is 0.71
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2019-09-03T21:10:45|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:10:45|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:10:45|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002-sesparse.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000002-sesparse.vmdk
    671,735,808 100%   72.02MB/s    0:00:08 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 671,899,911 bytes  received 35 bytes  63,990,471.05 bytes/sec
total size is 671,735,808  speedup is 1.00
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2019-09-03T21:11:18|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:11:18|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:11:18|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000002.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000002.vmdk
            356 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 461 bytes  received 35 bytes  992.00 bytes/sec
total size is 356  speedup is 0.72
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2019-09-03T21:11:19|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:11:19|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:11:19|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003-sesparse.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000003-sesparse.vmdk
    654,356,480 100%   72.05MB/s    0:00:08 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 654,516,343 bytes  received 35 bytes  68,896,460.84 bytes/sec
total size is 654,356,480  speedup is 1.00
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2019-09-03T21:11:50|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:11:50|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:11:50|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000003.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000003.vmdk
            356 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 461 bytes  received 35 bytes  330.67 bytes/sec
total size is 356  speedup is 0.72
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2019-09-03T21:11:51|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:11:51|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:11:51|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004-sesparse.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000004-sesparse.vmdk
    654,331,904 100%   72.51MB/s    0:00:08 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 654,491,759 bytes  received 35 bytes  68,893,873.05 bytes/sec
total size is 654,331,904  speedup is 1.00
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2019-09-03T21:12:23|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:12:23|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:12:23|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000004.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000004.vmdk
            356 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 461 bytes  received 35 bytes  992.00 bytes/sec
total size is 356  speedup is 0.72
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2019-09-03T21:12:24|  Rsync file transfer (1st)
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2019-09-03T21:12:24|  From: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB/Server-V2/Server-V2-000005-sesparse.vmdk
2019-09-03T21:12:24|  To: /vmfs/volumes/NVMe1TB_1/xsi-backups/20190903210921/Server-V2/Server-V2-000005-sesparse.vmdk
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sending incremental file list
Server-V2-000005-sesparse.vmdk
    808,325,120 100%   72.52MB/s    0:00:10 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)

sent 808,522,575 bytes  received 35 bytes  70,306,313.91 bytes/sec
total size is 808,325,120  speedup is 1.00
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So after the 5th sesparse.vmdk, everything seems to be stopped for > 30 minutes. Disk/network are all almost idle as well.

My server load is 0.31 which seems normal.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong and/or what XSI Backup is waiting on/for?

*Edit: I left the terminal open overnight; the process is still 'active' (i.e. not killed) but no updated in the log file and no files copied. Still 'paused'.

#3 General matters » Documentation issue » 2019-09-03 20:32:02

Fuss
Replies: 0

Hi there

Thanks for the great work.

Minor remark:
[url]https://33hops.com/xsibackup-tutorial-2.html[/url]

ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i xsibackup_id_dsa root@[IP of secondary ESXi box]

Should be:

ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i xsibackup_id_rsa root@[IP of secondary ESXi box]

(RSA should be used i/o DSA)

Regards

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