Hi there
I have a problem with ghettoVCB. When i try to backup a virtual machine it fails with following output:
Does anybody have an idea what the problem could be?
Hello and welcome to the forums!
The author of ghettoVCB has recently updated the scripts to be compatible with ESXi 5.1:
http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2013/01/new-updates-for-ghettovcb-ghettovcb.html
Make sure that you use this latest version.
- Andreas
Thank you for your fast answer. I did download the newest version available, but doesn't look better:
This line confuses me:
\ specified for Trixbox-VMo: ERROR: wrong DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT "thin
I can see one issue:
2013-01-15 21:01:19 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME = /Backups
That should be the FULL PATH like /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Backups
Make sure you carefully go over the ghettoVCB documentation as it provides several examples: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760
Thank you for your answer. But sadly it didn't help. "/Backups" is the full absolute path to the backup directory. I tried to create a "Backups" directory in datastore2, similiar to the one in your example but the same error message appeared:
I followed the instructions in the documentation but it's pretty much the same like before. The download link, which is provided in the documentation, led me here, where it says "There aren't any uploads for this repository.". So i just went to the root folder of this repository and i clicked on the github zip link.
That's the only difference to my procedure.
Am i the only one with this problem?
Did you transfer the zip file to your ESXi host and then unzip or did you unzip and then copied the files over?
I tried both.
What i forgot to mention is that i needed to run this command to make the ghettoVCB.sh runable:
chmod +x ghettoVCB.sh
Otherwise i get a "Permission denied." error.
When i try the same with ESXi 5.0 it looks like this:
Do you have an idea?
I really followed the documentation step by step and it won't work. What are the possibilities which could cause the problem?
And where should i extract the zip file? Right now it's in the root folder of the ESXi server.
I appreciate your help. Thank you.
I think, that this script works only with a paid license of VMware vSphere.
Is there anyone, who succeded with the Hypervisor license?
If so, was ESXi installed clean or was it updated?
I'm looking for a possible cause of the problem, couldn't be that hard, right?
I just tested it on my 5.1 Hypervisor (free), works without any problem. Try starting with "-d debug" for more info...
