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#26 Re: General matters » Can I start all backups on all hosts at same time? » 2019-03-15 12:23:27
I thought the point is obvious: you have to restore a VM and you want to see what backups you have, from which you can choose.
Now you have to go through all the existing backups to find the desired VM.
It would therefore make sense that the directory structure reflects the usual approach of a restore. IMHO
#27 Re: General matters » Can I start all backups on all hosts at same time? » 2019-03-15 00:29:43
No, I meant inside the repository: Is it possible that XSITool creates a folder per date within the repository, rather than the timestamp it uses now. But after reconsider, it is a bad idea because that will reduce the backup to one per date.
However, it would be very helpful, if there is the VM name on top. The most common case is that you want to restore a certain VM and select one from all available backup jobs of this VM.
But the current structure is opposite:
RepositoryName --> Timestamp --> VM-name
Better would be :
RepositoryName --> VM-Name --> Timestamp --> (VM-name)
Isn't it?
#28 Re: General matters » OneDiff ends in a registering loop » 2019-03-14 00:18:51
I've been doing these tests since ESX 3.5 and it's getting better and better from version to version, but the performance loss is still evident. Even if I use W2k8_R2 with current VMWARE tools: the throughput breaks down immediately when a snapshot is active.
However, ultimately, I was able to determine that the only approach that fits our needs is via XSITools.
#29 Re: General matters » Can I start all backups on all hosts at same time? » 2019-03-13 23:59:15
[quote=admin]You can work that around by creating a custom script that launches the remote jobs via a remote SSH command as if all jobs were local. Remember to use the XSIBackup public RSA key to authenticate to the remote hosts.[/quote]
I thought that --hosts does just that, but now it's clear.
Anything to consider if multiple hosts write to the same central repository using XSITools at the same time?
And can we configure one folder per date rather then date_time?
Thanks for your help.
#30 Re: General matters » OneDiff ends in a registering loop » 2019-03-13 01:27:46
Well, I don't care any longer because OneDiff is a total No-Go.
Seriously, leaving a permanent snapshot on a productive vm ? Don't you know that an active snapshot caused a performance disadvantage up to 40% on the drive throughput?
Just to be sure I've made a short test with CrystalDiskMark 1Gb Seq Read/Write:
- without snapshot ~1550MB/s read/write,
- with the snapshot ~1000 MB/s read/write.
That's why you should never leave a snapshot longer as necessary.
Yes, OneDiff is a cheap way for having differential replication, but costs you a way too much in performance.
Maybe XSIDiff will work better for me... currently testing...
#31 General matters » Can I start all backups on all hosts at same time? » 2019-03-12 18:49:12
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I'm confused about the --host option. Does the job run fully local on the remote host and independent from the host I have started it?
If I start another job (for another host) while a remote is still running, it seems to break the other.
I have 11 ESXi hosts. XSIBackup is installed on the first and the others are linked.
For each host I have a job (1 local and 10 remote)
Can I start all jobs at the same time (because they running all on its own host) or must I run the jobs in sequence?
#32 General matters » OneDiff ends in a registering loop » 2019-03-12 01:06:45
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Running a backup with OneDiff ends in an infinite loop of the _XSBAK register task. Causes the host to stop responding in the web client until I manually unregister the _XSBAK VM .
Unregister VM
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
root 03/12/2019 01:53:27 03/12/2019 01:53:27 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:27
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:25 03/12/2019 01:53:25 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:25
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:25 03/12/2019 01:53:25 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:25
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:15 03/12/2019 01:53:15 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:15
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:15 03/12/2019 01:53:15 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:15
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:05 03/12/2019 01:53:05 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:05
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:53:05 03/12/2019 01:53:05 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:53:05
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:55 03/12/2019 01:52:55 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:55
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:55 03/12/2019 01:52:55 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:55
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:45 03/12/2019 01:52:45 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:45
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:45 03/12/2019 01:52:45 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:45
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:35 03/12/2019 01:52:35 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:35
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:35 03/12/2019 01:52:35 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:35
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:25 03/12/2019 01:52:25 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:25
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:25 03/12/2019 01:52:25 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:25
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:15 03/12/2019 01:52:15 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:15
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:15 03/12/2019 01:52:15 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:15
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:05 03/12/2019 01:52:05 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:05
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:52:05 03/12/2019 01:52:05 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:52:05
Download VMXConfig None VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:51:55 03/12/2019 01:51:55 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:51:55
Reload
TestW2k3_XSIBAK
VC Internal 03/12/2019 01:51:55 03/12/2019 01:51:55 Completed successfully 03/12/2019 01:51:55
...Running on a ESXi-6.0U3-10719132. XSIBACKUP-PRO 11.2.3.
Very bad.
#33 General matters » Watch backup job activity shows all hosts as localhost » 2019-03-11 20:59:56
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Using XSI-Backup-PRO 11.2.3
Two ESXi 6.0
Installed XSI on the first ESXi and linked the second and created a local and a remote job.
If I would like to see the job activity on the second host, I can't. Because it lists both host just as "localhost" and whatever I select it show the activity from the local host
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Watch backup job activity │
│ │
│ [A] Active hosts │
│ [I] Idle hosts │
│ │
│ Marked [A] if active in the last 20 seconds │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ localhost [I] 2019-03-11 20:32:06 │ │
│ │ localhost [A] 2019-03-11 20:50:22 │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ <Watch job> < Cancel > < Help > │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘How to solve this
Thanks
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