[ale] Crontab on ESXi

[Phil Turmel]

On 05/31/2016 08:22 AM, Edward Holcroft wrote:
> All,
> 
> I have a crontab entry on EXI v6:
> 
> 0    1    *   *   7   /sbin/sh
> /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/util/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh -f
> /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/util/ghettoVCB-master/vms_to_backup    
> 
> I expect the command to run once a week on a Sunday, but it runs every
> day. The syntax seems correct. Any ideas what may be going on here? 

Is there any chance ESXi doesn't conform to 7 = Sunday?  Have you tried
"0 1 * * 0" ?