I am trying to perform a VCB backup using the vcbMounter command and the "-m 
nbd" option as I do not have SAN (or iSCSI) connectivity between my proxy 
server and my ESX host.

When I run the following command "vcbMounter -h ip_addr_of_esx_host -u root-p 
XXXX -a ippaddr:vcb-clt-1 -r C:\VCB_Backups\vcb-clt-1 -t fullvm -m nbd" I 
receive an error saying that vcbMounter "Failed to open the disk" as shown here

[2008-08-27 12:38:30.117 'vcbMounter' 1912 warning] NFC ticket did not specify a
port to establish an NFC connection to host is-esx-1. The ticket was granted by
is-esx-1. If this host is an ESX host, make sure the vmware-authd service is li
sted in /etc/services. Look for a line reading "vmware-authd 902/tcp" in /etc/se
rvices.
[2008-08-27 12:38:30.164 'vcbMounter' 1912 warning] Falling back to default port
#902
Copying "[netapp1_ProductionVMs] vcb-clt-1/vcb-clt-1.vmx":
0%=====================50%=====================100%
**************************************************

Copying "[netapp1_ProductionVMs] vcb-clt-1/vcb-clt-1.nvram":
0%=====================50%=====================100%
**************************************************

Copying "[netapp1_ProductionVMs] vcb-clt-1/vmware-1.log":
0%=====================50%=====================100%
**************************************************

Copying "[netapp1_ProductionVMs] vcb-clt-1/vmware.log":
0%=====================50%=====================100%
*************************************************

[2008-08-27 12:38:31.570 'vcbMounter' 1912 error] Error: Failed to open the disk
: The operation completed successfully
[2008-08-27 12:38:31.570 'vcbMounter' 1912 error] An error occurred, cleaning up
...
Deleted directory c:\VCB_Backups\vcb-clt-1

If I change the "-m nbd" option to "-m san" then things work OK. I know this VM 
has proper SAN connectivity and I should use the SAN option, but I have other 
VMs which do not use SAN disk, and I want to be able to back them up as well. I 
am using this VM as a test case at present, but I receive the exact same error 
on one of hte other VMs with no SAN connectivity to my proxy server. I thought 
the "-m nbd" option allowed me to back up over the network rather than via the 
SAN connection.

I am running ESX 3.5 with the VCB Framework version 1.1. Has anyone seen this 
type of error before and know how to resolve it?

Thanks

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