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ederaco
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Consolidate backup/ cannot communicate with vm's

I am trying to setup VCB and having trouble.

I have VI center 2.5, backupexec 11d, VCB and the correct integration module installed on a physical win2003 server standard edition box. Our Virtual Macine setup are on two esx servers with 2 vms on 1 host, and 3 on the other. These are stored to a san server.

My vcb server is connected to the lan but not directly to the san. I have tried setting up the installation according to the read me files of the integration module, but im not able to mount the images to take a backup. I recently tried manually to to use vcbMounter to test and recieved error messages. Im new to working with this backup so maybe someone can help me. below is the errors i recieved:

D:\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework>vcbmounter -h esxXX.mydomain.local -

u root -p "password" -a ipaddr:win2003xx.mydomain.local -r d:\vcbbackuptest\-fullVM -t

fullvm

Current working directory: D:\VMware\V

Mware Consolidated Backup Framework

HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCo

resPerCPU 2 numThreadsPerCore 1.

HOSTINFO: This machine has 1 phys

ical CPUS, 2 total cores, and 2 logical CPUs.

Using system libcrypto, version 9

0709F

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: The remote host certificate has these problems:

  • A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root.

SSLVerifyIsEnabled: failed to

read registry value. Assuming verification is disabled. LastError = 0

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: Certificate verification is disabled, so connection will proceed despite the

error

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/win2003XX.vmx":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/win2003XX.nvram":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-7.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-2.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-5.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-4.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-3.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware-6.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

Copying "[ESX_01_DataStore] win2003XX/vmware.log":

0%=====================50%=====================100%

**************************************************

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: The remote host certificate has these problems:

  • A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root.

SSLVerifyIsEnabled: failed to

read registry value. Assuming verification is disabled. LastError = 0

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: Certificate verification is disabled, so connection will proceed despite the

error

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: The remote host certificate has these problems:

  • A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root.

SSLVerifyIsEnabled: failed to

read registry value. Assuming verification is disabled. LastError = 0

SSLVerifyCertAgainstSystemStor

e: Certificate verification is disabled, so connection will proceed despite the

error

No path to device LVID:47b00a63-8dce9

b9d-5403-001d0965dbfe/47b00a62-22e5917d-3e4d-001d0965dbfe/1 found.

Error: Failed to open the disk

: Cannot access a SAN/iSCSI LUN backing this virtual disk. (Hint: Option "-m ndb

" swtiches vcbMounter to network base disk access if this is what you want.)

An error occurred, cleaning up

...

Deleted directory d:\vcbbackuptest\-fullVM

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sbeaver
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My vcb server is connected to the lan but not directly to the san.

>>By default VCB needs to see the same LUNS as the ESX servers for the magic to work

(Hint: Option "-m ndb

" swtiches vcbMounter to network base disk access if this is what you want.)

>> Change the vcbMounter command to add the options -m ndb to try to get things to work to network base disk and not the SAN fabric

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ederaco
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i typed the command as follows:

vcbmounter -m ndb -h esx01.tlusa

.local -u root -p pherper -a ipaddr:win2003db02.tlusa.local -r d:\vcbbackuptest\

-fullVM -t fullvm

also this way

vcbmounter -h esx01.tlusa

.local -u root -p pherper -a ipaddr:win2003db02.tlusa.local -r d:\vcbbackuptest\

-fullVM -t fullvm -m ndb

I wasnt able to get either way to work correctly.

Im not sure exactly how to change or implement the "-m ndb" correctly, sorry to sound like a novice, just trying to figure this out correctly

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ederaco
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Im not sure, how can I i make my proxy server see the all the luns as my esx host server. Im not connected to the san, my proxy server is on a different floor connected to the lan only. I have used vcbVMname and was able to see all the virtual machines. I have the uid numbers and all other information printed. I just cant get the vcbmounter to create the snapshot or copy the files to my folder on the proxy server.

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yossimi
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Hi,

Just wanted to mention that the option is:

-m nbd (not ndb)

Yossi

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