Re: Backup of OpenBSD under VMware
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 02:23:24PM +0200, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > Hello, > > the scenario is a cluster of ESXi nodes on which OpenBSD should run as a VM. > > Currently the cluster is being backed up by Veeam, I tried to insert th > obsd VM inside the backup job but no success, with following "Error: An > error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual > machine.". This looks strange to me because the open-vm-tools implemented > inside the kernel are usually functional to ESXi hosts. > > Questions: > 1. has anybody found a way to use Veeam to backup OpenBSD VMs? > 2. are there any other suggested softwares to perform a similar task? What version of OpenBSD are you using? In 6.3 (and later) we have the quiesce feature that veeam is trying to use there.
Re: Backup of OpenBSD under VMware
On 30.06.18 14:23, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > Hello, > > the scenario is a cluster of ESXi nodes on which OpenBSD should run as a VM. > > Currently the cluster is being backed up by Veeam, I tried to insert th > obsd VM inside the backup job but no success, with following "Error: An > error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual > machine.". This looks strange to me because the open-vm-tools implemented > inside the kernel are usually functional to ESXi hosts. > > Questions: > 1. has anybody found a way to use Veeam to backup OpenBSD VMs? > 2. are there any other suggested softwares to perform a similar task? > > Thanks At $dayjob I use dump(8) and store the files on a Windows file server we use to store backup files. Then we run Veeam to backup the file server. The file server is used by my colleagues from the DBA team too to store database backups on it. Cheers, Bruno
Re: Backup of OpenBSD under VMware
> Hi Paolo > if you dont have vmtools installed on the guest you cant do filesystem > quiescing > > Create a separate veembackup job for your openbsd vms and disable > filesystem quiescing on that backup job > > If you run workloads such as dbs run a db backup (dump using your db > tools) so > That it completes before the veem backup commences > > You can test the backup and restore with this method > > > Ps in openBSD > you may want do adjust ffs settings > And add noatime (reduce writes) and softep mount options also to reduce > risk of a bad backup) capturing the filesystem while writing a file > > Think of a restored vm and disk using this backup method > as a vm and disk that was not properly shutdown last time round... > > > Hope this helps > > Tom smyth > > > > > On Sat 30 Jun 2018, 13:30 Paolo Aglialoro, wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> the scenario is a cluster of ESXi nodes on which OpenBSD should run as a >> VM. >> >> Currently the cluster is being backed up by Veeam, I tried to insert th >> obsd VM inside the backup job but no success, with following "Error: An >> error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to the virtual >> machine.". This looks strange to me because the open-vm-tools implemented >> inside the kernel are usually functional to ESXi hosts. >> >> Questions: >> 1. has anybody found a way to use Veeam to backup OpenBSD VMs? >> 2. are there any other suggested softwares to perform a similar task? >> >> Thanks >> >
Re: Backup of OpenBSD under VMware
Last resort shut down VM then backup. I like the tool called tarsnap. It backs up to a remote service and you keep a private key. Everything is encrypted before it “exits” your VM for the remote side. Also very cheap. I only backup a few files and spent barely a penny. > Your current account balance is > $4.990771969348983750. V/r, Bryan Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 30, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > > Hello, > > the scenario is a cluster of ESXi nodes on which OpenBSD should run as a VM. > > Currently the cluster is being backed up by Veeam, I tried to insert th > obsd VM inside the backup job but no success, with following "Error: An > error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual > machine.". This looks strange to me because the open-vm-tools implemented > inside the kernel are usually functional to ESXi hosts. > > Questions: > 1. has anybody found a way to use Veeam to backup OpenBSD VMs? > 2. are there any other suggested softwares to perform a similar task? > > Thanks
Backup of OpenBSD under VMware
Hello, the scenario is a cluster of ESXi nodes on which OpenBSD should run as a VM. Currently the cluster is being backed up by Veeam, I tried to insert th obsd VM inside the backup job but no success, with following "Error: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.". This looks strange to me because the open-vm-tools implemented inside the kernel are usually functional to ESXi hosts. Questions: 1. has anybody found a way to use Veeam to backup OpenBSD VMs? 2. are there any other suggested softwares to perform a similar task? Thanks
