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Using vMA to backup ESXi hosts. - 2.Sep.2010 12:15:55 PM

`ariel

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Right now i have 2 ESXi host, one for production and the other is for testing.
Using vicfg-cfgbackup --server TEST-ESXi -s bk.TEST-ESXi it works and the "Saving firmware configuration to bk.TEST-ESXi ..." message appears.. but when i do the same for the production one the operation failed and give me this one "Error: Permission to perform this operation was denied."

Then i remember that the other day i just enable Lockdown mode, so i disable it and now the backup can be done...

any idea why vMA can't backup the host when is lockedown ?

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RE: Using vMA to backup ESXi hosts. - 10.Sep.2010 10:47:04 PM

JustinC71

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I found this at: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/vcli41/vsp4_41_vcli_relnotes.html

Lockdown mode allows vSphere administrators to block direct access to ESXi systems. With lockdown mode enabled, all operations must go through a vCenter Server system. The following commands cannot run against vCenter Server systems and can therefore not be used in lockdown mode:
- vicfg-snmp
- vifs
- vicfg-user
- vicfg-cfgbackup
- vihostupdate
- vmkfstools
- esxcli
- vicfg-ipsec
If you want to run these commands against an ESXi system, turn off lockdown mode using the vSphere Client.

It appears that the command is blocked while in lockdown mode.

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RE: Using vMA to backup ESXi hosts. - 11.Sep.2010 10:30:30 PM