<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for getting me on the right track folks. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It looks like ESXi needs the day specified as MON,TUE,WED etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">ed</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">_________________________________________ </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:11pt">Edward O. Holcroft</b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">IT Operations Manager</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:11pt">Madsen, Kneppers & Associates, Inc.</b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Construction Consultants & Engineers </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">11695 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 250</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Johns Creek, GA 30097</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">O</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.446.9606 | </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">F</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.446.9612 | </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">C</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.630.0949 | <a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com" target="_blank">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><a href="http://www.mkainc.com" target="_blank">www.mkainc.com</a> </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Phil Turmel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@turmel.org" target="_blank">philip@turmel.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 05/31/2016 08:22 AM, Edward Holcroft wrote:<br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> I have a crontab entry on EXI v6:<br>
><br>
> 0 1 * * 7 /sbin/sh<br>
> /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/util/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh -f<br>
> /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/util/ghettoVCB-master/vms_to_backup<br>
><br>
> I expect the command to run once a week on a Sunday, but it runs every<br>
> day. The syntax seems correct. Any ideas what may be going on here?<br>
<br>
</span>Is there any chance ESXi doesn't conform to 7 = Sunday? Have you tried<br>
"0 1 * * 0" ?<br>
<br>
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