All,
I am new to VMware.
I have a standalone ESXi host running an evaluation ESXi license. I want to upgrade the ESXi host. Before I upgrade, I want to back it up. Can I do that?
The reason I ask, I receive an error of “unsuccessful : 500 Cannot write to 'D:\Temp\Backups': Permission denied” every time I issue the following command:
vicfg-cfgbackup.pl --server x.x.x.x -s D:\Temp\Backups
Following are the steps I took:
I have a local account on the ESXi Host.
I have SSH access to the Host from my Windows PC.
I have disabled vCLI Lockdown mode on the ESXi Host.
I have vCLI install on my Windows PC.
On the Windows PC I have the same account (username\password matches). This account is a local account and is a member of the local Administrators group on the Windows PC.
The account has Full Control of the directory I am trying to write the ESXi Host .tgz file to.
I think there is a role/permissions/firewall issue on the ESXi host preventing the local account from uploading.
T.J.