making ghettoVCBg2.pl work with VMware 6.7
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Description
Hi,
I used to backup via VMA 5.5 with your perl script https://github.com/lamw/vghetto-scripts/blob/master/perl/ghettoVCBg2.pl
But since ESX6.7, it doesn't work anymore for multiple reasons:
- there is no /etc/vma-release file anymore, on which the script relies
- VIFPLib does not exist anymore, but there's a VILib now
I can do single vmware-cmd commands, vifs and vmkfstools (CentOS7 with vCLI and Perl-SDK)
Any chance to get the script working again ?
thanks a lot!
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Start with perl/ghettoVCBg2.pl and inspect its assumptions about /etc/vma-release and VIFPLib. Reproduce the reported failures with VMware 6.7 and the available VILib-based tools; done means the script can perform its existing backup workflow under that environment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- infrastructure
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100