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Chuck_383680
Cirrus
CirrusCrontab for backups - Entries not running
Trying to configure a cron-based daily backup for a vCMP guest, running v13.1.1. As root, using crontab -e, I've added the following lines:
27 8 * * * /usr/bin/tmsh save sys ucs config1.ucs ...
Solution Information: The jobs were running, but not at specified times. The root cause was that the guest had not been restarted since the time zone was set, and cron was using the previous time zone. See K14113 for the details on how to restart the cron daemon.
Hey Chuck!
Just as a side note, have you checked out this iApp for backups? I'm using it in multiple environments and it is working great, even on version 13.1.1.2. It will fix all of the cron jobs and you access it from the WebGUI.
It will let you define how often the backup runs and also enter the credentials to the remote storage. It will send over the UCS archives and it will automatically rotate (delete old ones) up to 10 files. I'm sure this can be modified if you want. I think it works great. :)
You can find it here:
I hope this helps!