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#26 Re: General matters » Can two XSIbackup instances use the same repository simultaneously? » 2021-05-25 11:47:02

kd.gundermann

[quote=admin] how come you be trying to perform a simultaneous replica to a replica folder?, that makes no sense no matter how you look at it.[/quote]

I have several virtual machines and I think I should be able to backup or replicate these machines to a backup-destination in different SUBFOLDERS.
E.g. 

Vm1  ->  /backup-dest/snapshot/Vm1
Vm2  ->  /backup-dest/snapshot/Vm2
...

I have tested it again and now it was running fine in parallel.

I am sorry, but maybe there was some leftover data in my first test..

#27 Re: Speed » XSIBackup-DC Perf Test » 2021-05-24 20:26:48

kd.gundermann

Thank you for your response.

I understand that 1 GB NICs may be a bottleneck (and it limits IOPerf to 88 MB/s)
but xsibackup only achives 13.74 MB/s, thats only 1/6 th of the bottleneck
(see numbers above)

As suggested I run another test with a 4xSSD RAID-5 as backup target,
it took 0:30 h to backup 58 GB:

Backup end date: 2021-05-24T23:46:13
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time taken: 00:30:12 (1812 sec.)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total time:     1812 sec.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Full file speed:                                                                            33.14 mb/s
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#28 Speed » XSIBackup-DC Perf Test » 2021-05-23 18:09:00

kd.gundermann
Replies: 5

I had some time to do some Perf Tests with XSIBackup-DC 1.5.0.3

My setup:

Host:  VMWare 7.0 on HP DL360  G10  Intel Xeon Silver 4110 @ 2.1 Ghz
Storage 1 (VM Images):  Synology NAS RS820RP+ with 4 x Samsung 1,8 TB SSD Raid5
Storage 2 (Backup): Synology NAS  DS1817+ with 4 x WDC 8TB HDD Raid5
both storages mounted with NFS to host

Throughput 1 (tested with VMWare I/O Analyzer)

Storage 1 : 800 MB/sec read
Storage 2 : 100 MB/sec write 16kB Blocks 0% random

Throughput 2 (xsibackup --replica=cbt first run)

Storage 2 : around 25-30 MB/sec

looking at the block count of the xsibackup backup there is a short pause of about 1/2 sec after every 36 blocks ..

Running IO-Meter in parallel to a second NAS gives following numbers:

	ESXTOP Disk Statistics (Device View)
Host	Physical Disk Device	DQLEN	ACTV	QUED	%USD	LOAD	CMDS/s	READS/s	WRITES/s	MBREADS/s	MBWRITES/s	DAVG/cmd (msec)	KAVG/cmd (msec)	GAVG/cmd (msec)	QAVG/cmd (msec)
192.168.10.102	NFS-vmware04	0.00	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	235.30	216.45	18.85	13.78	0.26	0.00	0.00	2.37	0.00
192.168.10.102	NFS-xsibackup01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.86	0.00	13.86	0.00	13.74	0.00	0.00	27.96	0.00
192.168.10.102	NFS-xsibackup02	0.00	15.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	5637.65	0.01	5637.65	0.00	88.09	0.00	0.00	2.58	0.00

NFS-vmware04    : Backup source (VM)
NFS-xsibackup01 : Backup destination
NFS-xsibackup02 : IO-Meter Destination

#29 Re: General matters » Can two XSIbackup instances use the same repository simultaneously? » 2021-05-22 18:44:50

kd.gundermann

I have tried to use the same repository (destination) for a replica job with XSIBackup-DC,
but it fails as there is already running a replica job on another host:

[root@Server2:/vmfs/volumes/9b02496c-d7ee603d/Server2/xsibackup-dc] /xsi-dir/xsibackup \
> --replica=cbt \
> "VMs(SQL2012)" \
> "/vmfs/volumes/xsibackup01/SNAPSHOT/" \
> --subfolder="SQL2012" \
> --description="SQL2012"
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.5.0.3: Backup & Replication Software                    |||
|||   (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved    |||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   (c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
System Information: ESXi, Kernel 7 Major 0 Minor 0 Patch 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
License: 00050654000000000000000008f1ea767ab0 | (c)XSIBackup-DC
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PID: 7982678, Running job as: root
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)XSIBackup-DC replicating data to /vmfs/volumes/xsibackup01/SNAPSHOT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performing --replica action
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item number 1 in this job
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SQL2012 Hardware Version is: 11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All snapshots were removed, as SQL2012 is engaged in a CBT job
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virtual Machine Name: SQL2012
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)ESXi 7.0 or higher detected, all snapshots were removed for VM SQL2012(4)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating snapshot VM : SQL2012 (powered on)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** Remote directory is locked ***
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The remote repository or replication directory is locked
This usually means that there's some process writing data
to it at this moment, or that some process was interrupted

Check for a file named .locked in the root of it and if
you believe it has been left there by some unfinished process,
you may delete it manually to allow new operations
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021-05-22T18:38:16 | Error code 3407 at file xsibackup.c, line 3407 | Error description: failed to lock the repo /vmfs/volumes/cacffd7b-11f7dacc/SNAPSHOT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** Snapshot was removed ***
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Removed host <tmp> dir        OK
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Removed prog <tmp> dir        OK
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unlocked backup               OK
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[root@Server2:/vmfs/volumes/9b02496c-d7ee603d/Server2/xsibackup-dc]

The message states 

Check for a file named .locked in the root of it

but no, there is no .locked file

#30 Re: © OneDiff » Create request.key file to upload » 2021-05-21 15:33:38

kd.gundermann

I have just installed XSIBackup-DC 1.5.0.3, but NO, there is no request.key file ...

#31 Re: General matters » XSIBackup-DC GUI » 2021-05-21 15:15:57

kd.gundermann

[quote=admin]What SSH client are you using?[/quote]
PuTTY v 0.73 on Windows 10

[quote=admin]Have you manually edited the job file?[/quote]
As far as I can remember: No

[quote=admin]Have you installed a license.key, otherwise the Free edition will be used?[/quote]
I have installed the 1.5 version into the existing dir with an older 1.4 version which has a license key:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            42 May 21 10:58 license.key -> 08f1ea778e90_XSIBackup-DC_1226_license.key

#32 General matters » XSIDirector » 2021-05-21 13:48:13

kd.gundermann
Replies: 3

I have found a new tool on your website: XSIDirector
so I thought to give it a try.

First lesson to learn: it will NOT run on ESXi , you have to use a linux system (maybe this should be stated more visible in the docs?)

So I installed it on my Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS:

 
klaus@rails64-dev:~/Downloads/xsidirector$ ./xsi-cmd 
stty: Wenn ein Ausgabestil angegeben ist, kann kein Modus gesetzt werden
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -             (c)XSIDirector 0.8.5.2 | All rights reserved                   -
       -             (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, SL                 -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -            Centralized management tools for (c)XSIBackup-DC                -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking dependencies...: OK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
chmod: Zugriff auf '/home/klaus/Downloads/xsidirector/keys/*_RSA_*' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
/home/klaus/Downloads/xsidirector/src/gui.sh: Zeile 5: Warnung: setlocale: LC_ALL: Kann die Locale nicht ändern (es_ES.UTF-8).

so maybe running as root ??

root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector# ./xsi-cmd gen-key
stty: Wenn ein Ausgabestil angegeben ist, kann kein Modus gesetzt werden
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -             (c)XSIDirector 0.8.5.2 | All rights reserved                   -
       -             (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, SL                 -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -            Centralized management tools for (c)XSIBackup-DC                -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking dependencies...: OK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
chmod: Zugriff auf '/root/Projekte/xsidirector/keys/*_RSA_*' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
/root/Projekte/xsidirector/src/gui.sh: Zeile 5: Warnung: setlocale: LC_ALL: Kann die Locale nicht ändern (es_ES.UTF-8).

Nope, not working..
I've looked at the source code, and it is 'key-gen' and not 'gen-key' !!
Please correct the docs at [url=https://33hops.com/xsidirector-man-page.html](c)XSIDirector man page[/url]

so: Step1: "key-gen", Step2: distribute keys with "keys=add", Step3: install

root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector# ./xsi-cmd  install=XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip key=key1 hosts=hosts1
stty: when specifying an output style, modes may not be set
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -             (c)XSIDirector 0.8.5.2 | All rights reserved                   -
       -             (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, SL                 -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -            Centralized management tools for (c)XSIBackup-DC                -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking dependencies...: OK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you sure you want to install the package [XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip]?(y/n): y
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK: key was set to [key1] via 'key' argument
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK: hosts file was set to [hosts1] via 'hosts' argument
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading data [hosts1]...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ITEM 1 | IP/FQDN:port: server1:22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Username: root
OK: [XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip] was transferred to root@server1:/tmp
Installing...
KO: failed to install, error: Error: the provided path is invalid
1
Checking install...
KO: could not check, error: sh: eval: line 1: /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup: not found
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector#

/scratch/XSI was created on server1 but is was empty ...
running the same command a second time ...

root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector# ./xsi-cmd  install=XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip key=key1 hosts=hosts1
stty: when specifying an output style, modes may not be set
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -             (c)XSIDirector 0.8.5.2 | All rights reserved                   -
       -             (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, SL                 -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       -            Centralized management tools for (c)XSIBackup-DC                -
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking dependencies...: OK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you sure you want to install the package [XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip]?(y/n): y
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK: key was set to [key1] via 'key' argument
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK: hosts file was set to [hosts1] via 'hosts' argument
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading data [hosts1]...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ITEM 1 | IP/FQDN:port: server1:22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Username: root
OK: [XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip] was transferred to root@server1:/tmp
Installing...
OK: installed to /scratch/XSI/XSIBackup-DC
Checking install...
OK: version is 1.5.0.4
Accepting EULA at host server1...
OK: [XSIBackup-DC_1.5.0.4.zip] EULA was accepted at server server1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector#

Wow, now it was installed !!

So now lets start the gui and try to connect to server1:

root@rails64-dev:~/Projekte/xsidirector# ./xsi-cmd gui key=key1 hosts=hosts1
stty: when specifying an output style, modes may not be set
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
/root/Projekte/xsidirector/src/gui.sh: line 5: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (es_ES.UTF-8): No such file or directory


  +-------------------------- Open GUI from: -----------------------------+
   |                                                                       |
   |                                                                       |
   | Choose one server from the list                                       |
   | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
   | |                         server1  Server1                          | |
   | |                         server2  Server2                          | |
   | |                         server3  Server3                          | |
   | |                                                                   | |
   | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                   <Open GUI>          <  Exit  >                      |
   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+


Error opening terminal: xterm-256color.
Connection to server1 closed.
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (es_ES.UTF-8)
stty: when specifying an output style, modes may not be set
WARNING: can't detect TTY resolution, maybe SSH_TTY environment variable is missing
/root/Projekte/xsidirector/src/gui.sh: line 5: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (es_ES.UTF-8)

 (c)XSIDirector                          (c)2021 33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L.

mmhh, not working ..

#33 General matters » XSIBackup-DC GUI » 2021-05-21 12:38:21

kd.gundermann
Replies: 3

When editing Arguments for a job, e.g -verbosity, the gui windows is mangled

 (c)XSIBackup-DC GUI
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



           +------------------------------------------ Edit the backup job arguments ---------------------------------------------+
           |                                                                                                                      |
           |                                                                                                                      |
           | Some arguments have no possible values and will appear as <none>                                                     |
           | Select <add new> to add a new argument to the job                                                                    |
           |                                                                                                                      |
           | Edit backup job: 003                                                                                                 |
           |                                                                                                                      |
           |     Argument/Value                                                                                                   |
           | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
           | |                                   Action         --backup                                                        | |
           | |                                   Source         VMs(Zorin)                                                      | |
           | |                                   Target         /vmfs/volumes/xsibackup01/DC                                    | |
           | |                                   --description  Zorin                                                           | |
           | |                                   --rotate       5                                                               | |
           | |                                   --subfolder    Zorin                                                           | |
           | |                                   --verbosity    6                                                               | |
           | |                                   >>             <add new>                                                       | |
           | |                                                                                                                  | |
           | |                                                                                                                  | |
           | |                                                                                                                  | |
           | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
           +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
           |                   < Edit arg >          < Save job >          <   Exit   >          <Delete arg>                     |
           +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Edit arg --verbosity gives: 

 (c)XSIBackup-DC GUI
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





                                            +-----------------------------------------------------+
                                            | Select some <  OK  > the ra<Cancel> 10
                                                                          2-----------------------+
 (c)XSIBackup-Free 1.5.0.3: Backup & Replication Software

PS i have downloaded the latest XSIBACKUP-DC version, why is the banner saying "XSIBackup-Free" ??

#34 General matters » Requesting xsidiff licenses » 2018-02-27 16:05:09

kd.gundermann
Replies: 1

I 'm trying to get a license for xsidiff, I have uploaded the request.key and the website tells me to wait "some minutes" until I can download then license.key.
I'm now waiting for two hours, but the license key still does not appear on the website.

Is there a problem with the key generation ??

Best regards

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