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Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

15. Oct 30, 2007 8:50 AM in response to: paulkbeyer
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MDavies
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Apr 4, 2006

Hi,

No one seems to have answered this question completely (or did I miss something?)

I am also getting the same "Fatal Error" message trying to run the backup to an NFS share on a Windows Server. The NFS share is mounted as a storage volume under VirtualCenter, so I should be able to specify it directly(?)


Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

16. Nov 24, 2007 12:07 PM in response to: mittell
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mittell
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Apr 25, 2006
UPDATE: Version 1.01 released.

Hi Guys,

Sorry it's taken me so long to get this out, I've been really busy and kept getting carried away with features that then needed bug fixing.

Anyway - quick overview of what's new:

Support for backup of VMs with existing snapshots.
Backup file compression.
Much more powerful VM search facility, including regular expression support.
Ability to do a test 'dry-run' backup without touching any VMs.
TSM support.
Improved menu functionality including a test email/configuration file menu.
Auto-registration of restored VMs.

Feedback/bug reports to support@xtravirt.com.

Hope people find it useful.

http://www.xtravirt.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=75&func=fileinfo&id=7

Cheers,

Alex

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

17. Nov 24, 2007 12:09 PM in response to: MDavies
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mittell
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Apr 25, 2006
Hi,

Can you try version 1.0.1 and let me know if you still get hte same problem? If you do send me an email with your /var/log/vi-backup.log file and I'll try and work out what's going wrong.

Alex

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

18. Dec 3, 2007 10:31 AM in response to: mittell
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baracus
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Jan 30, 2007

Nice backup script....couple questions, I don't understand how the zip function works. Can I load this option in a config or does it need to be run w/ the vi-backup.pl ie. (vibackup.pl -c vibackup.cfg -z) Does this zip on the fly or does it zip the entire vmdk and then move it?

running v1.01 and 2gbsparse=0

Thanks for the help

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

19. Dec 3, 2007 10:38 AM in response to: baracus
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nace tech
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Dec 3, 2007
I too like this backup script. With this new version does the script still erase the esx.conf if the backup fails due to not enough space on the backup destination?

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

20. Mar 6, 2008 4:26 AM in response to: mittell
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apage@glos.ac…
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Sep 6, 2006

hello,

can anybody please change this script so it can give an option to select which vm you want to backup ? it will be good as you only want to backup 1 vm at particular time...

so if any expert can do this..it will be helpful.


Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

21. Mar 14, 2008 11:07 AM in response to: mittell
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dwightmccann
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Apr 5, 2005
I'm using VISBU on ESX 3.5 with pretty good success. However, I am needing to disable some very large database disks on some machines and it seems some process edits out my disable directives from the .vmx file when/after the disk is ignored for one iteration as desired so the next run fills the disk space. Help?

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

22. Apr 14, 2008 6:33 PM in response to: apage@glos.ac…
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carpenike
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Aug 3, 2006

Mittel -

Have you tried using "name:VM NAME CASE SENSITIVE" during the backup selection? It should allow you to select one VM. Use the search file to select multiple ones. The readme lists how to do this.

I've got a problem with VISBU believing there's an existing snapshot; but there isn't any:

*****Virtual Infrastructure Scripted Backup Utility v1.0.1 (c) 2007 Xtravirt Ltd*****

We're running VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 build-77234

Searching for target VMs....
Locating VM files....
Processing config files....
Toby already has one or more snapshots.
All snapshots must be commited or removed before a VM can be backed up.
Target VMs from specified searchspec:

Toby

Snapshotting VM Toby....
VM Toby is set to be excluded from backup. No snapshot taken. Skipping VM.
      • Script completed successfully. ***


root@esx-01 root# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/ISCSI-00\ VMS/Toby/Toby.vmx removesnapshots
VMControl error -3: Invalid arguments: Virtual machine has no snapshots

Any ideas would be most helpful!


Thanks!

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

23. Oct 17, 2008 12:53 AM in response to: carpenike
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thehidd3n
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Oct 17, 2008
when i try to install 1.0.1 i get an error saying install.pl not found but yet i can see it in the list this is on vmware 3.5i

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

24. Nov 6, 2008 1:00 PM in response to: thehidd3n
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filcap
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Jan 4, 2007
Maybe it looks too obvious, but... are you sure you're using the fully qualified path?

Or, even easier, go under your vi-backup-install directory and launch ./install.pl

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

25. Nov 6, 2008 12:00 PM in response to: mittell
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filcap
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Jan 4, 2007

Hi!

I have noticed that after running a backup the lines I had added in the .vmx file in order to exclude a couple of disks from the backup have disappeared.

Did anyone face this same problem?

One more minor issue: I've noticed there is an error in the log. Even in a "real" execution it says it is a "dry run".

By the way, Mittel, thanks a lot for this very very useful script!!

Filippo

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

26. Nov 14, 2008 6:02 AM in response to: filcap
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benwjones
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Oct 15, 2008
I'm having the same problem with install.pl

Also using ESXi - Is this supported?

I'm in the install dir and can see install.pl in green. The tab key even fills in the rest of the command for me!

I've tried chmod on install.pl but it still says it can't find it.

I'm ssh'd in as root btw

Ben

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

27. Nov 14, 2008 12:30 PM in response to: benwjones
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PCS_Dan
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Aug 8, 2008
Will this script work with ESX 3.5 update 3?

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

28. Nov 21, 2008 11:32 AM in response to: PCS_Dan
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ehinkle
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Dec 2, 2004

Can this tool be run without spacifying to quiesce the disk when creating a snapshot, I have vm's that do not have the vmware tools installed and the backup fails when trying to back them up?

Re: VISBU - Free easy-to-use VI3 backup utility

29. Dec 2, 2008 5:04 AM in response to: mittell
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FMorales
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Jan 24, 2008

Hello Mittell, does it possible that the next release support:

exportpath=/my_path/backup/{date}/

because, in some situations ... I dont want to delete the previously backup, and so, in this
way I could sord the differents backps of a VM

Thanks a lot

---
Francisco Morales López de Gamarra

Vmware VCP | LPI - CCNA

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