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      DustinB3403
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      Or your recovery job might have come in after the restore and deleted the original VM. I know some scripts have that functionality.

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        bnrstnr
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        Looks like this is what he's using? https://github.com/NAUbackup/VmBackup

        DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT UNLESS YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE ACTIONS.
        
            For vm-export: (a) xe vm-snapshot, (b) xe template-param-set, (c) xe vm-export, (d) xe vm-uninstall on the vm-snapshot.
            For vdi-export: (a) xe vdi-snapshot, (b) xe vdi-param-set, (c) xe vdi-export, (d) xe vdi-destroy on the vdi-snapshot.
        

        No idea what this actually means, but I'm guessing the backup script deleted your base disk (the snapshot?) for the recovered VM?

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          bnrstnr @DustinB3403
          last edited by bnrstnr

          @dustinb3403 said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

          On a side note, why are you using a backup script when you can use XOCE (Xen Orchestra Community Edition).

          Can't +1 this enough, it truly is great.

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            DustinB3403 @bnrstnr
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            @bnrstnr NAUBackup, yeah I used that and immediately got rid of it when I found XO.

            It's a solid script but dangerous if you screw up.

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              DustinB3403
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              IIRC it does delete the original VM once the restore is completed.

              I used it for about a month and it was why I was looking for alternatives and found XO so many years ago now.

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                dariosplit
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                Thank you all for your help but sadly i lost my VM, what is worst i dont Know why or how.
                I will try with XO

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                  scottalanmiller @dariosplit
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                  @dariosplit said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                  Thank you all for your help but sadly i lost my VM, what is worst i dont Know why or how.
                  I will try with XO

                  😞 Sorry to hear that.

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                    DustinB3403 @dariosplit
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                    @dariosplit said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                    Thank you all for your help but sadly i lost my VM, what is worst i dont Know why or how.
                    I will try with XO

                    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, hopefully you'll find that XO is a much better approach to managing XenServer.

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                      black3dynamite
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                      When it comes to MSSQL, it would've been best to use its own builtin backup instead.

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                        DustinB3403 @black3dynamite
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                        @black3dynamite said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                        When it comes to MSSQL, it would've been best to use its own builtin backup instead.

                        That is true, but it only backups the database.

                        Backing up the VM you need something that is SQL aware. Which bring up the question, is XO SQL aware. . .

                        Hrm. . . that is a question worth asking.

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                          scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                          @black3dynamite said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                          When it comes to MSSQL, it would've been best to use its own builtin backup instead.

                          Any database, really.

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                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                            @dustinb3403 said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                            @black3dynamite said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                            When it comes to MSSQL, it would've been best to use its own builtin backup instead.

                            That is true, but it only backups the database.

                            Backing up the VM you need something that is SQL aware. Which bring up the question, is XO SQL aware. . .

                            Hrm. . . that is a question worth asking.

                            I don't think so. I almost never try to use an image based backup for data.

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                              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                              @dustinb3403 said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                              @black3dynamite said in xenserver problem VM disappeared:

                              When it comes to MSSQL, it would've been best to use its own builtin backup instead.

                              That is true, but it only backups the database.

                              Backing up the VM you need something that is SQL aware. Which bring up the question, is XO SQL aware. . .

                              Hrm. . . that is a question worth asking.

                              I don't think so. I almost never try to use an image based backup for data.

                              Yeah I'm not saying it's the best approach, just curious if XO is database aware to pause any activity at backup time. IIRC I don't believe it is.

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                                dariosplit @black3dynamite
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                                @black3dynamite That is true, but I use multiple types of backups. Everyone has the advantages and disadvantages. The problem is always time data continuity.

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                                  DustinB3403
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                                  @scottalanmiller and @dariosplit XO does support the functional (with the use of XS Tools on your VM).

                                  https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/47/is-xo-database-aware/4/

                                  https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xenserver-quiesce-snapshots/

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