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'''NOTE:''' Please see [[Backup_Script_for_VMware|Backup Script for VMware]] for an updated version.<br><br> | |||
The following script will make a compressed tar.gz file for each existing virtual computer. The compressed file is saved in /root/vmbackup/%date% | The following script will make a compressed tar.gz file for each existing virtual computer. The compressed file is saved in /root/vmbackup/%date% | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 16 November 2008
NOTE: Please see Backup Script for VMware for an updated version.
The following script will make a compressed tar.gz file for each existing virtual computer. The compressed file is saved in /root/vmbackup/%date%
#!/bin/bash
# Variables used by script
strCurDate=$(date +%Y%m%d)
strVMWareDir="/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines"
strTempDir="/root/vmbackup/$strCurDate/"
strLogFile="/root/vmbackup/$strCurDate/vmbackup.log"
mkdir -p $strTempDir
echo "!!! Starting VMWare backup of $strVMWareDir/" >> $strLogFile
cd "$strVMWareDir"
find "$strVMWareDir"/ -iname *.vmx | while read FILE
do
echo "*** Suspend: $FILE" >> $strLogFile
vmware-cmd "$FILE" suspend >> $strLogFile
echo "*** ZIP: $FILE" >> $strLogFile
strZipName=`echo "$FILE" | awk -F/ '{print $6}'`.tar.gz
tar -cvzf $strTempDir/$strZipName `echo "$FILE" | awk -F/ '{print $6}'`/* >> $strLogFile
echo "*** Start: $FILE" >> $strLogFile
vmware-cmd "$FILE" start >> $strLogFile
done
echo "!!! Backup Complete"
