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To hell with Perl and LibXML. I downloaded and installed PowerCLI on my W10 workstation and backed up my standalone host configuration using: Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost myserver -BackupConfigu... See more...
To hell with Perl and LibXML. I downloaded and installed PowerCLI on my W10 workstation and backed up my standalone host configuration using: Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost myserver -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath C:\MyPath TP
Trying to backup a standalone vSphere host from a Windows 10 workstation. Found this: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2042141 Says... See more...
Trying to backup a standalone vSphere host from a Windows 10 workstation. Found this: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2042141 Says to use the vSphere CLI. Downloaded and installed v6.5. Downloaded and installed Perl from Perl Solutions | ActiveState. vicfg-cfgbackup.pl --server=myserver --username=root -s myserver.bak Got: Can't locate XML/LibXML.pm in @INC (you may need to install the XML::LibXML module) (@INC contains: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\lib C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\lib/VMware/VICommon.pm line 11. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\lib/VMware/VICommon.pm line 11. Compilation failed in require at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\lib/VMware/VIRuntime.pm line 15. Compilation failed in require at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\vicfg-cfgbackup.pl line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\vicfg-cfgbackup.pl line 6. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\lib contains two folders: VMware WSMan C:\Perl\lib contains a folder called XML but it does not contain LibXML.pm. Never used Perl but clearly something didn't get installed because LibXML.pm is nowhere to be found. Found XML-LibXML-2.0128.tar.gz on The CPAN Search Site - search.cpan.org. Unpacked it. Now what? How do I install this? Why wasn't this installed? Is this the ONLY way to backup a vSphere host? Don't they test these installers on prisoners before posting them? Tony Perovic Compumation, Inc.