Description : Here I have describe how to take Virtual Machine backup using shell script
Procedure :
Procedure :
- Download script from below URL:
https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB
- Upload it in server using winscp
- Login ssh console using putty
- Go to location where you have copy extracted folder [ghettoVCB-master]
- Give execute permission to ghettoVCB.sh file using below command
# chmod +x ghettoVCB.sh
- Create one file name vmbackup where write all vm name like as follow:
VM1
VM2
VM3
- Open ghettoVCB.sh file and make changes as follow:
VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/596d4786-c3022a80-2c0b-843dc6ec482a/Backup/vmbackup ### Backup Location ####
VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT=2 ### Backup Retention File ###
- Run below command to start backup
# ./ghettoVCB.sh -f vmbackup
- To set cron job in VMWare open /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root file
30 4 * * 6 /bin/sh /vmfs/volumes/596d4786-c3022a80-2c0b-843dc6ec482a/Backup/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh -f /vmfs/volumes/596d4786-c3022a80-2c0b-843dc6ec482a/Backup/ghettoVCB-master/vmbackup
Note: In example I have set backup at every saturday 4:30 AM backup
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