vicfg-cfgbackup command failing

Question

Hi, installed and configured ESXi 4.1 Update 1. Added some VMs, all is working fine. I figuered it was time to backup the config and entered the following command on a Windows 7 machine with the latest CLI installed : vicfg-cfgbackup.pl -- server servername --username root -s c:\backup.txt It says it is saving the config file, then it does a get https://servername/downloads/configbundle-xxxxxxx.tgz unsuccessful : 404 not found I googled around in search of a solution but could not find any.   anybody know how to fix this?

Dev Mgr · Answer

A few things to check:

- make sure you have vCLI 4.1 and not 4.0

- make sure you don't have a firewall or so blocking communications (for vCLI) between your system and the ESXi box

- I know that the free ESXi version is restricted in the commands that it will accept (e.g. no 'write' commands); are you using the free version of ESXi?

gbraeckmans · Answer

It seems this command needs some temp folder on the ESX server named downloads. For some reason the folder does not exist.

In /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot there is a link to the folder but as it does not exist it is not used. You have to create the folder 'downloads' manually in the /tmp/scratch folder. After you do this the vicfg-cfgbackup command works.

regards,

Guy

pburress · Answer

I'm new to ESXi and running into the same issue.  How do I create the folder(s) in question?

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