I'm using vcenter to back the vm's up. We gave the vcb backup account
permissions at the top level of the tree through esx.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Pratt [mailto:jpratt AT norwich DOT edu]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:51 AM
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Chester Martin
Subject: RE: [Networker] VCB Backup Failure
Hi Chester -
I've never heard or seen of this issue unless there was an *actual* snap
existing somewhere, unless it has something to do with the "Moref" error
part - here's some info I found about the "Moref" (version 3.5 though) -
Identifying a Virtual Machine By its MoRef
Internally, VirtualCenter and ESX refer to objects by Managed Object
References (MoRef, for short). In general, it is not recommended to use
MoRefs to identify virtual machines.
The only exception to this rule is when backing up virtual machines from
a standalone ESX host. In this case, the MoRef of the virtual machine
will be identical to the path to its .vmx configuration file.
... maybe that helps, but I don't' know how you are backing up your
systems (standalone vs vcenter). perhaps the vcbbkup user does not have
read perms on the datastore your vm lives on so it can't find the vmx
file? ....weird stuff either way, let us know how you make out...
Cheers,
jamie
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
>> On Behalf Of Chester Martin
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:42 AM
>> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>> Subject: [Networker] VCB Backup Failure
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to backup a new server through vcb and it's failing, below
is
>> the error message:
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
>>
>>
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Initializing VCB Configuration..
>>
>> * server:*FULL* VCESX Host Name :
>>
>> * server:*FULL* VCESX Port : 443
>>
>> * server:*FULL* VCESX Username : vcbbkup
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Mount point : F:\mntserver
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Flavor : fullvm
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Transport Mode : san
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Snap policy : automatic
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Max retry : 0
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Max backoff time : 10
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Performing a FULL Image level backup.
>>
>> * server:*FULL* Unable to get the moref for the VM host:
>> server.Pre-existing Snapshot could not be deleted.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, I'm running into this same issue on some other vm's
I'm
>> backing up, but this is a brand new vm so it has no pre-existing
>> snapshot. I've already made sure that when backups run the vcb proxy
>> server folder is empty, I've even run vcbcleanup.bat to make sure
>> everything is cool, but this error keeps popping up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone run into this before?
>>
>>
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