Backup error Creating Chunks directory

#1

Here is the log when trying to backup sftp to a Nas.

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a] ./vertical backup Ubnt

Vertical Backup 0.3.1

Licensed to j****@***.com (Beta Testing); expires on 2018-02-13

vertical@192.168.0.8’s password (leave blank to choose public key authentication):

Storage set to sftp://vertical@192.168.0.8/Vertical

Listing all virtual machines

Backing up Ubnt, id: 4, vmx path: /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmx,
guest os: ubuntu64Guest

No previous backup found

Virtual machine Ubnt is powered on

Removing all snapshots of Ubnt

Creating a new virtual machine snapshot for Ubnt

Uploaded file /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmdk

Uploading file Ubnt-flat.vmdk

Uploading --------------------------------------------- 18.13MB/s 00:18:47 0.2%

Failed to create the directory ‘Vertical/chunks/be’: File already exists

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a]

#2

Well, I changed over to a nfs datastore on the Nas instead of sftp and it worked. Not sure what the sftp issue is.

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a] ./vertical init
HHWESX2 /vmfs/volumes/BigBoi/Vertical

Vertical Backup 0.3.1

Storage set to /vmfs/volumes/BigBoi/Vertical

Initialized the storage with a chunk size of 1048576

Preference has been saved to /vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a/.verticalbackup/preferences

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a] ./vertical back
up Ubnt

Vertical Backup 0.3.1

Licensed to j****@***.com (Beta Testing); expires on 2018-02-13

Storage set to /vmfs/volumes/BigBoi/Vertical

Listing all virtual machines

Backing up Ubnt, id: 4, vmx path: /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmx, guest os: ubuntu64Guest

No previous backup found. Listing existing chunks

Virtual machine Ubnt is powered on

Removing all snapshots of Ubnt

Creating a new virtual machine snapshot for Ubnt

Uploaded file /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmdk

Uploading file Ubnt-flat.vmdk

Uploaded file Ubnt-flat.vmdk 39.52MB/s 00:08:38

Uploaded file Ubnt.vmx

Uploaded file Ubnt.vmxf

Removing all snapshots of Ubnt

Backup Ubnt@HHWESX2 at revision 1 has been successfully completed

Total 20487 chunks, 20481.51M bytes; 3682 new, 3676.51M bytes, 1714.71M uploaded

Total backup time: 00:08:45

#3

What is the model of your NAS and do you know the version of ssh server it is running? The backup failed because sftp returned an error other than SSH_FX_FAILURE when the directory to be created already exists. On all servers I tested against, the sftp always returns SSH_FX_FAILURE in this case (which we catch and ignore). Of course, “File already exists” sounds more right and could be a more recent change.

I’ll fix it to handle this “File already exists” error.

#4

Can you run the backup again with nfs and post results here? I wonder how fast the second backup can be after the initial one.

#5

Pretty fast after the initial backup. It is just a plain install to test backup and restore on.

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a] ./vertical back
up Ubnt

Vertical Backup 0.3.1

Licensed to j****@***.com (Beta Testing); expires on 2018-02-13

Storage set to /vmfs/volumes/BigBoi/Vertical

Listing all virtual machines

Backing up Ubnt, id: 4, vmx path: /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmx, guest os: ubuntu64Guest
Last backup at revision 2 found

Virtual machine Ubnt is powered on

Removing all snapshots of Ubnt

Creating a new virtual machine snapshot for Ubnt

Uploaded file /vmfs/volumes/Datastore1/Ubnt/Ubnt.vmdk

Uploading file Ubnt-flat.vmdk

Uploaded file Ubnt-flat.vmdk 238.71MB/s 00:01:25

Uploaded file Ubnt.vmx

Uploaded file Ubnt.vmxf

Removing all snapshots of Ubnt

Backup Ubnt@HHWESX2 at revision 3 has been successfully completed

Total 20487 chunks, 20481.51M bytes; 156 new, 153.33M bytes, 73.16M uploaded

Total backup time: 00:01:32

[root@HHWESX2:/vmfs/volumes/587a1427-8aa8b904-a3ec-9c8e9926f41a]

#6

The ‘File already exists’ error has been fixed in version 0.3.3.