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not running cron jobs #312
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hi all,
i know my ghettoVCB works on both my esxi servers as when i run this command manually on both of them
/opt/ghettovcb/bin/ghettoVCB.sh -a -g /opt/ghettovcb/backupconfig -e /opt/ghettovcb/excludevms -d dryrun
this is what is in my backupconfig file
VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/datastore99/backup
DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT=thin
VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT=1
POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP=0
SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT=15
ENABLE_COMPRESSION=0
VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY=0
VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE=0
ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP=0
EMAIL_LOG=1
EMAIL_DEBUG=1
EMAIL_SERVER=10.110.130.68
EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=587
EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL=1
EMAIL_TO=to@domain.com
EMAIL_FROM=from@domain.com
it runs and i get an email from both servers so all is working
but its not running the cron as i dont get emails from them
as ive got the email debig on (i think its 1) how can i check the logs
thanks,
rob
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robina80 commentedon Mar 13, 2024
ok so it has created a log in both servers in /tmp and this is one of them
2024-03-13 01:55:06 -- info: Initiate backup for lon-c-smtp102024-03-13 01:55:06 -- info: Creating Snapshot "ghettoVCB-snapshot-2024-03-13" for lon-c-smtp10Failed to clone object parametersDestination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned2024-03-13 01:57:16 -- info: ERROR: error in backing up of "/vmfs/volumes/datastore3/lon-c-smtp10/lon-c-smtp10_1.vmdk" forlon-c-smtp10Failed to clone object parametersDestination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned2024-03-13 01:57:16 -- info: ERROR: error in backing up of "/vmfs/volumes/datastore3/lon-c-smtp10/lon-c-smtp10.vmdk" forlon-c-smtp102024-03-13 01:57:18 -- info: Removing snapshot from lon-c-smtp10 ...2024-03-13 01:57:18 -- info: Backup Duration: 2.20 Minutes2024-03-13 01:57:18 -- info: ERROR: Unable to backup lon-c-smtp10 due to error in VMDK backup!2024-03-13 01:57:21 -- info: Unable to create "/vmfs/volumes/datastore99/backup/lon-c-xrdp10"! - Ensure VM_BACKUP_VOLUMEwas defined correctlythe other server the error im getting in the logs
2024-03-13 01:54:24 -- info: Initiate backup for iris_admin2024-03-13 01:54:24 -- info: Creating Snapshot "ghettoVCB-snapshot-2024-03-13" for iris_adminDestination disk format: VMFS thin-provisionedCloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/datastore3/iris_admin/iris_admin.vmdk'...^MClone: 10% done.Failed to clone disk: Input/output error (327689).2024-03-13 01:57:44 -- info: ERROR: error in backing up of "/vmfs/volumes/datastore3/iris_admin/iris_admin.vmdk" foriris_admin2024-03-13 01:57:49 -- info: Removing snapshot from iris_admin ...2024-03-13 01:57:49 -- info: Backup Duration: 3.42 Minutes2024-03-13 01:57:49 -- info: ERROR: Unable to backup iris_admin due to error in VMDK backup!2024-03-13 01:57:51 -- info: Unable to create "/vmfs/volumes/datastore99/backup/lon-corp-dc02"! - EnsureVM_BACKUP_VOLUMEwas defined correctly`the backup datastore is good tho as when i do a ls i can see the dir and some VMS it backs up is succesfull
robina80 commentedon Mar 19, 2024
i changed on each server the "VM_BACKUP_VOLUME" path so both servers have there own folder to save the backups to so
esxi01 - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/datastore99/backup/esx01
esxi02 - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/datastore99/backup/esx02
and now all of a sudden my backups are working again as i got an email from both servers saying all vms backed up ok
robina80 commentedon Mar 19, 2024
forgot to mark as closed
robina80 commentedon Apr 1, 2024
im going to re open this as im still getting the same error, even tho ive changed the "VM_BACKUP_VOLUME" its saving to the new location and the error went away but now its back with the same error ie it cant save to that folder
even tho i can ls the dir ie so the dir is there and it can locate it?
any help please? @lamw
dpanic commentedon Apr 13, 2024
I had similar issue.
But my cron worked, and sudenly last night didnt' work.
I am uploading backups to Synology NAS.
I will investigate more, if this issue perrsist. However I would love to figre out what happened.
robina80 commentedon Apr 16, 2024
ok ive got it working again, ive left it couple of days/week as to see if it was producing the same error but so far ive been getting emails from both servers saying backup successful
in the end i changed my cron on both servers so they run on alternative days from eachother as i think my NFS NAS couldnt cope with all the traffic same time from both esx01 and esx02
dpanic commentedon Apr 16, 2024
Mine is working as well.
I logged in to the Synology NAS and switched off hard disk hibernation.
I think that was the problem.
robina80 commentedon Apr 18, 2024
as you mentioned this i checked mine and same as my TNAS the hard drives were set to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity, set it to never now