Scheduling script ghettoVCB

[ricardoclaus]

Dear,

I'm having trouble scheduling a sh script in crond.

My Environment: ESXi 6.0

In my file: / var / spool / cron / crontabs / root

I put this line:

25 13 * * * * /backup/ghettoVCB.sh -g /backup/ghettoVCB.conf -f / backup / vmlistbkp

In syslog.log I see this:

2017-08-04T13: 25: 01Z crond [23739929]: crond: USER root pid 23740194 cmd * /backup/ghettoVCB.sh -g /backup/ghettoVCB.conf -f / backup / vmlistbkp

I have already given execute permission to ghettoVCB.sh

The backup does not occur when run by crond.

When you manually squeeze, the backup occurs perfectly.

Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[parmarr]

Hello, see if any details on the link ghettoVCB.sh - Free alternative for backing up VM's for ESX(i) 3.5, 4.x & 5.x helps

[ricardoclaus]

Hello,

My backup script was created based on the link you indicated. Even following the references of Cron Job, I am still in difficulties.

Anyone have any tips?

[shaki1989]

edit  /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

00 20 * * * /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/ghetto-VCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh -f  /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/ghetto-VCB-master/vmbackup > /vmfs/volumes/backupdatastore/vmbackups/logs/backup-$(date +\%s).log

You have to create it in a backup datastore. 

vmbackups/logs

vmbackups/"virtual machine name"