thanks for the quick reply, it looks like I have three instances of gehttoVCB running:
1553056 1553056 sh /bin/sh /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.sh -f /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/vms_to_backup.iss9 -g /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.conf
1553060 1553060 busybox grep ghetto
3361333 3361333 sh /bin/sh -c /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.sh -f /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/vms_to_backup.iss9 -g /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.conf >/vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/logs/iss9/iss9-$(date +\%s).log
3361335 3361335 sh /bin/sh /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.sh -f /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/vms_to_backup.iss9 -g /vmfs/volumes/esxbak001/ghettoVCB/ghettoVCB.conf
any danger for corrupting the .vmdk in question?