FBBR – Troubleshooting – SCP

Isolate the issue

To isolate if the issue is with the vCenter or with the backup server, you can use a different backup server.

We can use the vCenter and ESXi as a SCP Server.

vCenter

ESXi

scp://<ESXi_IP>/vmfs/volumes/<Datastore_Name>

Validate Read/Write Permissions

WinSCP

You can use WinSCP to validate if the SCP Server has the read/wite permissions.

vCenter

scp -P 22 root@<vCenter_FQDN> <Local_File> <SCP_Username>@<SCP_Server_IP>:/<Remote_Location>

Check remote execution

To validate if the remote execution of commands, run the below command

ssh -l <Backup_Server_User> <Backup_Server_IP> 'ls <Remote_Location>'

To test retention or delete permission, run the below command

files:

ssh -l root 192.168.7.53 'rm -rf /var/vCenter/vc.vmware.local/M_6.7.0.50000_20211107-153521_/*'

folder:

ssh -l root 192.168.7.53 'rmdir /var/vCenter/vc.vmware.local/M_6.7.0.50000_20211107-153521_/'

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