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#1 Re: General matters » Scheduled Backups » 2020-07-03 08:34:36

Pas98

Oh I dont know thought u need it or something.

I tried what you described there but it didnt worked.

#2 Re: General matters » Scheduled Backups » 2020-06-25 07:36:55

Pas98

Is that for the free edition of XSI too?
Or did I need change something?

My installation-dir is:

/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/xsi-dir/

And my Backup Point is:

/vmfs/volumes/Backup/

Thank you for your help!

#3 General matters » Scheduled Backups » 2020-06-24 07:53:50

Pas98
Replies: 5

Hi,

I have a question. How can I add scheduled backups?
I've read that I need to add a cron job in

vi /install-dir/xsi-dir/conf/root-crontab

But what exactly do I have to enter there for the scheduled backups?
The backup should start every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 am.
Could you help me with that because I don't really know how to do that.

#4 Re: General matters » Backup doesn't work » 2020-05-27 06:17:50

Pas98

I also tried "rsync" but got the same error.
So what you mean is that i had to configure a new VM with the same name and configurations?
Or how can I restore the VM when it is deleted?

#5 General matters » Backup doesn't work » 2020-05-26 11:28:42

Pas98
Replies: 3

Hey,

I've made backups of serveral VMs, but it seems that the backups doesn't work. The original .vmdk file is round about 30 to 100 GB but in my --backup-point the .vmdk file is only 1 kb. Is that right?
I used following backup commands:

./xsibackup --backup-point=ip:port:/path/to/backup/location --backup-type=all --backup-prog=xsitools:z
./xsibackup --backup-point=ip:port:/path/to/backup/location --backup-type=all --backup-prog=rsync

On both commands the .vmdk file is only 1 kb.

Now when I copy the files of the backup from the deleted VM back to my vsanDatastore I can register the .vmx file. But when I start the VM it display an error that says it can't find the files.
Can someone help me?

LG

#6 Re: General matters » XSIbackup on ESXi70 (HPE) » 2020-05-19 12:06:49

Pas98

Ok, than check out this [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2U74p7KWR0]tutorial[/url].

#7 Re: General matters » XSIbackup on ESXi70 (HPE) » 2020-05-19 09:20:02

Pas98

Hey,

do u want to make a backup?

LG

#8 Re: General matters » CLVMKFS1 error: Failed to clone disk: File too large (1769481)(SOLVED) » 2020-05-18 09:07:56

Pas98

OK thanks for the help.
I think I found the problem.
The problem with the error:

[VS001] CLVMKFS1 error: Failed to clone disk: File too large (1769481).

was that the host server allowed incoming communication with SSH but not outgoing.
With the problem with the error:

Could not get available backup room in backup datastore
Needed room: 0 Gb.
Sparse size: 0 Gb.
Available room: 0 Gb.

was that I put a "/" in front of the backup point, so:

backup-point=/ip:port:/path/to/backup

correct would be:

backup-point=ip:port:/path/to/backup

Thanks 4 ur help.

#9 General matters » CLVMKFS1 error: Failed to clone disk: File too large (1769481)(SOLVED) » 2020-05-14 08:39:07

Pas98
Replies: 3

I have XSIBackup FREE installed on an ESXi 6.5 System. Now i want take a backup to a NAS Storage. In the NAS Storage, there is a 4 TB HDD with 3.4 TB available space. The virtual disk from the VM has a space from 25 GB.
When i start the Backup, it says:

Could not get available backup room in backup datastore
Needed room: 0 Gb.
Sparse size: 0 Gb.
Available room: 0 Gb.

At the end of the backup it says:

[VS001] CLVMKFS1 error: Failed to clone disk: File too large (1769481).

Can anyone help me to solve this problem?

LG
Pascal

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