[ovirt-users] engine-backup - readlink: missing operand

[Yedidyah Bar David]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Halsey, Michael <
michael.halsey at intechnologywifi.com> wrote:

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> Michael Halsey
> Dev Ops Engineer - intechnologyWiFi
> michael.halsey at intechnologywifi.com
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>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>> I’m having issues using the engine-backup command.
>>
>>
>> When running:
>>
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>> engine-backup --mode=backup --scope=files —file=veng.bak --log backup.log
>>
>
> Please try '--log=backup.log' (with '=').
>
> That was unfortunately only a typo in the email. And not when running the
> actual command.
>

You have an EM DASH (U+2014) instead of two HYPHEN-MINUS (U+002D) in front
of 'file='.

Where did you copy that command from?


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>> I get back the following error:
>>
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>> readlink: missing operand
>>
>> Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
>>
>> /usr/bin/engine-backup: line 1405: : No such file or directory
>>
>> Notifying engine
>>
>> /usr/bin/engine-backup: line 1472: : No such file or directory
>>
>> /usr/bin/engine-backup: line 1405: : No such file or directory
>>
>> FATAL: Failed notifying engine
>>
>>
>> Log file is not created.
>>
>> I receive similar errors when changing the scope to ‘all' and ‘db'.
>>
>>
>> I’m running:
>>
>>
>> CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)
>>
>> oVirt Engine Version: 3.6.2.6-1.el7.centos
>>
>> Engine is running on bare metal.
>>
>>
>> I have tried this with SELinux in Permissive mode. No difference.
>> All packages are up to date.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone advise a fix for this or if I’m doing anything wrong?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Halsey
>> Dev Ops Engineer - intechnologyWiFi
>> michael.halsey at intechnologywifi.com
>> Direct 01423 510650
>> Mobile 07467 145626
>> Head Office 01423 510510
>>
>>
>>
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