I am trying to use vcbmounter to backup vms , some however are fighting me with the following error:
+ /usr/sbin/vcbMounter -h host.name.com -u root -p <password> -a moref:64 -r /mnt/exportvm/engrcpas -m cos -L 6 -M 1 -F 1
Current working directory: /scripts
Initializing SSL context
System libcrypto.so.0.9.7 library is older than our library (90701F < 90709F)
Connecting to host 127.0.0.1 on port 902
Connected to stream:
Unsetting unknown path: /vmomi/
Authenticating user root
Logged in!
Got VM MoRef
Looking up host engr-vserv1.usask.ca (128.233.200.25)
Found host engr-vserv1.usask.ca (128.233.200.25) in this VirtualCenter instance.
Got access method
Got coordinator object
Attempting data access.
Scanning snapshot 9-14-2006
Scanning snapshot engrcpasVM-9-21-2006
Scanning snapshot engrcpasAsAVM
Scanning snapshot VCB-BACKUP
Found match: /vmfs/volumes/44e5f8e4-fe00cd24-ccc4-00145e181055/engrcpas/engrcpas.vmx-snapshot-11
Scanning snapshot 128.233.200.14-11-21-2006
Error: Backup snapshot already exists.
An error occured, cleaning up...
Got vmdb error -14 (Pipe connection has been broken) when invoking on
Error on logout (ignored): vmodl.fault.HostNotReachable
Shutting down VMDB service...
Unregistering callback...
...done
how do I get around this snapshot issue. the directory for this machine looks like this
# ls -ls /vmfs/volumes/44e5f8e4-fe00cd24-ccc4-00145e181055/engrcpas/total 44541056
475136 -rw------- 1 root root 486539264 Sep 21 2006 engrcpas-000001-delta.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 248 Sep 21 2006 engrcpas-000001.vmdk
131072 -rw------- 1 root root 134217728 Sep 22 2006 engrcpas-000002-delta.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 232 Sep 21 2006 engrcpas-000002.vmdk
1163264 -rw------- 1 root root 1191182336 Feb 13 18:15 engrcpas-000003-delta.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 232 Feb 4 01:24 engrcpas-000003.vmdk
491520 -rw------- 1 root root 503316480 Nov 21 2006 engrcpas-000004-delta.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 255 Oct 25 2006 engrcpas-000004.vmdk
3194880 -rw------- 1 root root 3271557120 Feb 4 01:20 engrcpas-000005-delta.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 255 Dec 16 16:25 engrcpas-000005.vmdk
262144 -rw------- 1 root root 268435456 Dec 16 16:14 engrcpas-8c45a923.vswp
37748736 -rw------- 1 root root 38654705664 Sep 14 2006 engrcpas-flat.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 8664 Dec 16 16:15 engrcpas.nvram
64 -rw------- 1 root root 18330 Feb 4 01:20 engrcpas-Snapshot11.vmsn
268288 -rw------- 1 root root 273884229 Sep 14 2006 engrcpas-Snapshot1.vmsn
268288 -rw------- 1 root root 273896517 Sep 21 2006 engrcpas-Snapshot2.vmsn
268288 -rw------- 1 root root 273884229 Sep 22 2006 engrcpas-Snapshot3.vmsn
268288 -rw------- 1 root root 273896517 Nov 21 2006 engrcpas-Snapshot4.vmsn
64 -rw------- 1 root root 337 Sep 12 2006 engrcpas.vmdk
64 -rw------- 1 root root 2046 Feb 4 01:20 engrcpas.vmsd
64 -rwx------ 1 root root 1350 Feb 4 01:20 engrcpas.vmx
64 -rw------- 1 root root 252 Dec 16 16:14 engrcpas.vmxf
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 19309 May 9 2007 vmware-37.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 19311 May 9 2007 vmware-38.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 19237 May 9 2007 vmware-39.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 19237 May 28 2007 vmware-40.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 19236 Jul 20 2007 vmware-41.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 20782 Dec 16 16:08 vmware-42.log
64 -rw-rr 1 root root 25952 Feb 4 01:25 vmware.log
