Hi there,

I've been using the software with varying levels of success. I was originally using the SSH-SCP method but after having read this forum I have moved to the SSH-VVDM method. I also came across the problem with snapshots not being removed but that is easy enough to work around.

I have had issues trying to use task scheduler to run the backup jobs. Since I am trying to backup to a network drive, and the task scheduler starts a new session without any drives mapped, it was failing so I had to write a batch file to map the drive and then get task scheduler to run that. The problem is that it fails every time with "The handle is invalid" error - whole log below.




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Process Started: 15/05/2013 10:28:09

Application Settings:
- SMTP Server =
- SMTP Username =
- SMTP Password =
- SMTP From Address =
- Notification Recipients =
- VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit Install Path = C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit

Execution Arguments:
- Virtual Machine = AD1
- Server = esxi.domain.local:22
- Server Username = admin
- Server Password = *****
- Job = AD1-backup
- Job Type = Backup-Image-SSH-VVDM
- Backup Root = z:\vbackup
- Disk Exclusion = None
- Backups To Keep = 3
- Differentials Between Fulls = 0
- Quiesce Guest File System = True
- Create Snapshot Task Timeout = 15
- Remove Snapshot Task Timeout = 15
- Encrypt Temporary Password File = True
- Compress Backups = False
- Maximum Log Size = 2048
- Backup Type = Image-Full

Validating settings...

SMTP server not provided, e-mail notification is disabled.

Attempting to ping server... Server responded to ping.

Establishing connection to server...

One or more certificate problems encountered while establishing connection
to https://esxi.domain.local/sdk:

* A certification chain processed correctly, but terminated in a root certificate which isn't trusted by the trust provider.
* The certificate's CN name does not match the passed value.

Server Platform: VMware ESXi 5.1.0 799733

Hypervisor property for esxi.domain.local updated.

Verifying virtual machine exists on server... Virtual machine located successfully.

Virtual Machine Guest OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

GuestOS property for AD1 updated.

Backup Folder: z:\vbackup\AD1

Backup: 130515_102828

Log File: z:\vbackup\AD1\vBackup.log

Executing backup job...

Checking for existing temporary snapshot(s)... No snapshots found.

Creating folder for backup data... Done.

Retrieving virtual machine ID... Virtual Machine ID: 6

Creating temporary snapshot... Done.

Obtaining reference to temporary snapshot... Done.

Temporary Snapshot: vBackup-TMP-130515_102828

Copying virtual machine configuration file... CRITICAL: Unable to copy virtual machine configuration file. The handle is invalid.


Process Complete: 15/05/2013 10:28:49

Elapsed Time: 40 seconds
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To be clear, the backups work if invoked from the vBackup console. They also work if I run from the command line i.e. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Thinware\vBackup\vBackup.exe" -v AD1

I have included my batch file below





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echo Start >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
date /t >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
time /t >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
net use z: /delete >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
net use z: \\nasdrive\backup >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Thinware\vBackup\vBackup.exe" -v AD1 >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1

other identical backup jobs here

date /t >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
time /t >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
echo End >>c:\users\vbackup\documents\debug_log.txt 2>&1
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Thanks for your time!
Regards
Tim