Dear forums
Since my previous problem was resolved, I have had another problem with one of my two backups.
My configuration is quite basic:
ESXi 4.1.0 with 2 guests (SBS2008 and SQL Server 2008) a single, local datastore and two remote NFS shares mounted as "disk1" and "disk2" which are the target of the backups (these shares are hosted on a local FreeNAS server).
The FreeNAS machine has 2 x 500GB disks, one for each guest backup; there is plenty of free space (over 250gb) and the average backup size for each guest is around 180gb.
SBS2008 backs up no problem however, SQL2008 does not.
Here is the resulting log file from the SQL guest:-
2012-02-13 04:30:01 -- info: ============================== ghettoVCB LOG START ==============================
2012-02-13 04:30:01 -- info: CONFIG - USING CONFIGURATION FILE = /backup/SQL 2008
2012-02-13 04:30:01 -- info: CONFIG - VERSION = 2011_11_19_1
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - GHETTOVCB_PID = 7538081
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME = /vmfs/volumes/disk2
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT = 2
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_DIR_NAMING_CONVENTION = 2012-02-13_04-30-01
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT = thin
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP = 0
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF = 0
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN = 3
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT = 5
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT = 15
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - LOG_LEVEL = info
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - BACKUP_LOG_OUTPUT = /vmfs/volumes/disk2/2012-02-13_04-30-01.log
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY = 0
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE = 0
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - VMDK_FILES_TO_BACKUP = all
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info: CONFIG - EMAIL_LOG = 0
2012-02-13 04:30:02 -- info:
2012-02-13 04:30:04 -- info: Initiate backup for SQL 2008
2012-02-13 04:30:04 -- info: Creating Snapshot "ghettoVCB-snapshot-2012-02-13" for SQL 2008
Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/RAID10/SQL 2008/SQL 2008_1.vmdk'...
Clone: 0% done.
Clone: 1% done.
Clone: 2% done.
Clone: 3% done.
...
Clone: 98% done.
Clone: 99% done.
Clone: 100% done.
Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/RAID10/SQL 2008/SQL 2008.vmdk'...
Clone: 0% done.
Clone: 1% done.
Clone: 2% done.
...
Clone: 69% done.
Clone: 70% done.
Clone: 71% done.Failed to clone disk : No space left on device (1835017).
2012-02-13 10:59:23 -- info: ERROR: error in backing up of "/vmfs/volumes/RAID10/SQL 2008/SQL 2008.vmdk" for SQL 2008
2012-02-13 11:00:51 -- info: Removing snapshot from SQL 2008 ...
2012-02-13 11:00:51 -- info: Backup Duration: 390.78 Minutes
2012-02-13 11:00:52 -- info: ERROR: Unable to backup SQL 2008 due to error in VMDK backup!
2012-02-13 11:00:52 -- info: ###### Final status: ERROR: No VMs backed up! ######
2012-02-13 11:00:52 -- info: ============================== ghettoVCB LOG END ================================
I have removed (manually) all existing files and folders from the target of "disk2" to leave the full 500gb (well, 485gb or whatever it is) free and I still get this error!
