I'm currently testing VCB backups (with HP Data Protector 6.0) and, after being hit with the "disks on multiple stores snapshot problem", I did some basic testing yesterday which allowed me to sucessfully & cleanly back up 3 single-disk VMs (in FILE mode).
Looking through the forums today I thought I found a way to get around the disks-on-multiple-stores issue (using the KB article to rename the disks on the second storage so that the .vmdk filenames aren't the same).
So, I've just removed, renamed & re-added the .vmdks to three guests and tried to run the preexec command I sucessfully used yesterday, but it's now failing to snapshot on \*all* guests!
I reduced the command down to one known-good vm (backed up yesterday) but it still fails.
Below is the (reduced) command I'm using - do the errors ring any bells with anyone? I searched the forums for the "988" error but didn't come up with anything:
(apologies for the poor wrapping, it's copied & pasted straight from a command prompt).
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C:\Program Files\OmniBack\bin>vmwarepreexec.cmd -a PLANNING01 -r c:\mnt -h esx2.
hbbc.loc -t file -m san
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
Selected VM: PLANNING01
Starting: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework
vcbvmna
me.exe" -h esx2.hbbc.loc -u root -p ******** -s any
Discovered VM: 'CIVICATEST' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Discovered VM: 'DEV-VM1' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Discovered VM: 'CIVICA01' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Discovered VM: 'CIVICADB' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Discovered VM: 'SAG01' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Discovered VM: 'PLANNING01' on server esx2.hbbc.loc
Starting: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework
vcbmoun
ter.exe" -h esx2.hbbc.loc -u root -p ******** -m san
\[2007-08-27 06:09:52.546 'App' 988 info] Current working directory: C:\P
rogram Files\OmniBack\bin
\[2007-08-27 06:09:53.000 'BaseLibs' 4044 warning] \[Vmdb_Unset] Unsetting
unknown path: /vmomi/
\[2007-08-27 06:09:56.750 'vcbMounter' 988 error] Error: Error while open
ing disk blklst:///vmfs/volumes/4672b0e9-37b3ee10-852a-0017a4770018/PLANNING01/P
LANNING01.vmx-snapshot-21\[VMFS_OS_01] PLANNING01/PLANNING01.vmdk@esx2.hbbc.loc?x
xxx/xxxx: A virtual disk could not be opened. -- Cannot open disk file: Error :
Unable to open 'blklst:///vmfs/volumes/4672b0e9-37b3ee10-852a-0017a4770018/PLANN
ING01/PLANNING01.vmx-snapshot-21\[VMFS_OS_01] PLANNING01/PLANNING01.vmdk@esx2.hbb
c.loc'. Failed to configure disk scsi0:0.
\[2007-08-27 06:09:56.750 'vcbMounter' 988 error] An error occured, clean
ing up...
Error VM :'PLANNING01' snapshot failed
C:\Program Files\OmniBack\bin>
