Hi - I seem to be having a permissions problem when running the main backup script - it will not create the VM_BACKUP_VOLUME directory as stated in the docs.
I am logged in as root over SSH and installed using the VIB. Same error through WinSCP and PuTTY.
Any ideas?
[root@UNKNOWN:/opt/ghettovcb/bin] ./ghettoVCB.sh -m homeMedia -g /etc/ghettovcb/backup.conf -d debug Logging output to "/tmp/ghettoVCB-2015-10-26_22-40-06-4788334.log" ... 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: ============================== ghettoVCB LOG START ============================== 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- debug: Succesfully acquired lock directory - /tmp/ghettoVCB.work 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- debug: HOST VERSION: VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-2494585 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- debug: HOST LEVEL: VMware ESXi 6.0.0 GA 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- debug: HOSTNAME: UNKNOWN 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - USING GLOBAL GHETTOVCB CONFIGURATION FILE = /etc/ghettovcb/backup.conf 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VERSION = 2015_05_06_1 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - GHETTOVCB_PID = 4788334 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME = /vmfs/volumes/backups 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT = 2 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_DIR_NAMING_CONVENTION = 2015-10-26_22-40-06 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT = thin 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN = 3 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT = 5 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT = 15 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - LOG_LEVEL = debug 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - BACKUP_LOG_OUTPUT = /tmp/ghettoVCB-2015-10-26_22-40-06-4788334.log 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - ENABLE_COMPRESSION = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VMDK_FILES_TO_BACKUP = all 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER = 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - VM_STARTUP_ORDER = 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - RSYNC_LINK = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: CONFIG - EMAIL_LOG = 0 2015-10-26 22:40:06 -- info: Datastore not found. Datastore not found. Datastore not found. 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: Storage Information before backup: 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: SRC_DATASTORE: server 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: SRC_DATASTORE_CAPACITY: 63488.0 2794.2 GB 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: SRC_DATASTORE_FREE: 2567.4 GB 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: SRC_DATASTORE_BLOCKSIZE: 1 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: SRC_DATASTORE_MAX_FILE_SIZE: 256 GB 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: DST_DATASTORE: backups 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: DST_DATASTORE_CAPACITY: 0.0 GB 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: DST_DATASTORE_FREE: 0.0 GB 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: DST_DATASTORE_BLOCKSIZE: NA 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: DST_DATASTORE_MAX_FILE_SIZE: NA 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- debug: mkdir: can't create directory '/vmfs/volumes/backups/': Operation not permitted 2015-10-26 22:40:08 -- info: Unable to create "/vmfs/volumes/backups/homeMedia"! - Ensure VM_BACKUP_VOLUME was defined correctly